"eros" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

referred to in: greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

is an instance of: greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
is a type of: desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
subtypes:
- erotic love, love, sexual love - a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
- aphrodisia - a desire for heterosexual intimacy
- anaphrodisia - decline or absence of sexual desire
- passion - a feeling of strong sexual desire
- sensualism, sensuality, sensualness - desire for sensual pleasures
- amativeness, amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
- fetish - a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
- libido - (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
- lecherousness, lust, lustfulness - a strong sexual desire
- nymphomania - abnormally intense sexual desire in women
- satyriasis - abnormally intense sexual desire in men
- the hots - intense sexual desire
same as: concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire