1. the process of making something erotic or sexually charged; the act of imbuing something with sexual or romantic significance
Usage: formal; often used in academic or critical contexts

Examples

• The erotization of everyday objects in advertising has become increasingly common.
• Critics examined the erotization of power dynamics in the film.
• The erotization of nature appears frequently in Romantic poetry.
• Some scholars argue that the erotization of youth in media is problematic.
• The artist's work explores the erotization of the human form through abstraction.