AUTOEROTICISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Using you own body as a sexual object

Synonyms:

autoeroticism; autoerotism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("autoeroticism" is a kind of...):

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autoeroticism"):

masturbation; onanism (manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure)

Derivation:

autoerotic (sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation))