EROTICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erotica mean? 

• EROTICA (noun)
  The noun EROTICA has 1 sense:

1. creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

  Familiarity information: EROTICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EROTICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

erotica; porn; porno; pornography; smut

Hypernyms ("erotica" is a kind of...):

creation; creative activity (the human act of creating)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "erotica"):

child pornography; kiddie porn; kiddy porn (the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films)