allo-erotism Psychol.
(ˌæləʊˈɛrətɪz(ə)m)
Also -eˈroticism.
[ad. G. alloerotismus (Freud 1899, Let. to W. Fliess 9 Dec. in Aus d. Anfängen d. Psychoanalyse (1950) 324), f. allo- + erotism, eroticism.]
Erotism aroused by another person (opp. auto-erotism). So allo-eˈrotic a. [cf. G. alloerotisch (Freud 1899).]
| 1921 J. C. Flügel Psycho-anal. Stud. of Family ii. 14 (To use a convenient term of Ferenczi's) allo-erotic aspects of the mind. 1934 H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 10/1 Allo-eroticism, allo-erotism. 1936 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. XXVI. 284 The contrast between object-love, or allo-erotic libido, and self-love, narcissistic libido. 1954 Mosbacher & Strachey tr. Freud's Let. 9 Dec. 1899 to W. Fliess in Origins of Psycho-Analysis 304 The lowest of the sexual strata is auto-erotism... This is superseded by allo-erotism (homo- and hetero-). Ibid., Hysteria..is allo-erotic; the main highway it follows is identification with the beloved person. |