erotica
Literature of desire
Erotica is literature, art, or other media depicting sexual desire and activity, intended to arouse.
Unlike pornography, erotica suggests artistic merit or emotional depth beyond mere titillation: She writes erotica exploring female desire.
The distinction is subjective—one person's erotica is another's porn.
Stirring to heightened state
- desireIntense wanting
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
- passionIntense emotional drive
intimacy · caress · touch · flesh · longing · yearning · fantasy · titillation
Creating images from light
- filmMovie or coating
- artHuman creative expression
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- pinupAttractive poster subject
boudoir · nude · lingerie · magazine · website · video · audio · podcast
Clearly and directly expressed
- graphicVividly detailed or visual
- matureFully grown or developed
- adultMature person, legally responsible
- risquéBordering on improper
taboo · fetish · BDSM · kink · vanilla · fantasy · roleplay · scenario
New and unusual
- romanceLove and its excitement
- fictionImagined narrative work
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- novellaShort fictional book
prose · narrative · author · genre · publishing · bestseller · manuscript · ebook
Official content restriction
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- liberationRelease from constraint
feminism · empowerment · agency · consent · boundaries · stigma · mainstream · subculture
arousal
Stirring to heightened state
passion · intimacy · caress · touch · flesh · longing · yearning · fantasy · titillation · allure
photography
Creating images from light
- filmMovie or coating
- artHuman creative expression
- illustrationPicture explaining something
pinup · boudoir · nude · lingerie · magazine · website · video · audio · podcast · visual
explicit
Clearly and directly expressed
- graphicVividly detailed or visual
- matureFully grown or developed
- adultMature person, legally responsible
risqué · taboo · fetish · BDSM · kink · vanilla · fantasy · roleplay · scenario · encounter
novel
New and unusual
- romanceLove and its excitement
- fictionImagined narrative work
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
novella · prose · narrative · author · genre · publishing · bestseller · manuscript · ebook · bookstore
censorship
Official content restriction
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
liberation · feminism · empowerment · agency · consent · boundaries · stigma · mainstream · subculture · underground
- genre fictionhigh fantasy, detective fiction, low fantasy, spy fiction, dark fantasy
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
- visual story genresaction, adventure, crime, fantasy, horror
- sexualitysexual orientation, sexual behavior, sexual identity, bisexual, sensuality
- eroticasensuality, lust, sensual, seduction, lustful
eroticachildren's literature
Books aimed at youth
family entertainment · clean romance · religious literature · sexless · educational material
eroticapornography
Sexually explicit arousing material
hardcore porn · smut · obscenity · filth · raunch
eroticahorror
Extreme fear or disgust
gore · body horror · grotesquerie · macabre · revulsion
- erotic lovePassionate romantic desire
- erotic novel
- erotic dancerSensual movement performer
- erotic massageSexual touch service
- erotic poetryLiterature of carnal longing
- erotic literatureSexually explicit written works