Auto-erotic
producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
Contemporary Examples
Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of INXS, allegedly died of an auto-erotic accident, as did Kung Fu star David Carradine.
Europe’s Dangerous Sex Craze Barbie Latza Nadeau September 15, 2011
The people of his auto-erotic novel Crash coil sex, death, and the motor car, a megadose of pleasure brew.
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The people of his auto-erotic novel Crash coil sex, death, and the motor car, a megadose of pleasure brew.
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Historical Examples
Such cases are not uncommon, and in some measure, no doubt, they may be accounted for by auto-erotic nocturnal hallucinations.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) Havelock Ellis
Even at the height of my “auto-erotic” period, I skillfully concealed my habits from all my boy friends.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6) Havelock Ellis
But the presence of such a repugnance, however invincible, is very far from carrying us outside the auto-erotic field.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) Havelock Ellis
No doubt there has been a tendency to exaggerate the unpleasant character of the auto-erotic phenomena of hysteria.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) Havelock Ellis
In classical days, doubtless, masturbation and all other forms of the auto-erotic impulse were comparatively rare.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) Havelock Ellis
Nor can it be consummated without leaving behind as useless a large number of the auto-erotic instinctive impulses.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud
adj.
1898, coined by Havelock Ellis from auto- + erotic. Related: Auto-eroticism.
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