verb
- past tense and past participle of eroticise; to make erotic or sexually suggestive; to invest with erotic quality or meaning
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: eroticized); formal or academic register
Examples
- The artist eroticised classical mythology in her contemporary paintings.
- Critics argued that the advertisement eroticised everyday objects.
- The film eroticised the relationship between the two characters.
- Fashion designers have eroticised minimalist aesthetics in recent collections.
- The poet eroticised nature through sensual imagery and metaphor.