Meanings
nounnonerotica (uncountable)
- uncountableItems that are not erotica; art, etc. that is not intended as sexually arousing.
...highly erotic stimuli (pictures of intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus) were found to be no more arousing than nonerotica...
2002, Barrie Gunter, Media sex: what are the issues?1 more example
To the extent that being bored can be viewed as an aversive reaction, nonerotica can be considered to have induced a negative affective state.
1984, Neil M Malamuth, Edward I Donnerstein, Pornography and sexual aggression
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
- Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
- Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
- Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
- Latinerōtica
- Englisherotica
- Englishnonerotica
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Cite this entry
APA
nonerotica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonerotica
MLA
“nonerotica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonerotica. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonerotica,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonerotica.
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