arousal
Noun
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The act of arousing (synset 100243675)
"the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"is a type of: change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristicssubtypes:
- awakening, wakening, waking up - the act of waking
- excitation, excitement - something that agitates and arouses
- incitation, incitement - an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
- inflaming, inflammation - arousal to violent emotion
- inspiration, stirring - arousing to a particular emotion or action
- stimulation - the act of arousing an organism to action
- titillation - an agreeable arousal
same as: rousing -
A state of heightened physiological activity (synset 114047468)
is a type of: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functionssubtypes:
- alerting, alertness - a state of readiness to respond
- emotional arousal - the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior
- excitation, innervation, irritation - the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- sexual arousal - the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior
- desire - something that is desired
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Awakening from sleep (synset 105686586)
is a type of: wakefulness - a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
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Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse (synset 100855465)
is a type of: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercoursesubtypes:same as: foreplay, stimulation
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