English noun: Eros |
1. | Eros (person) (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid |
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| Instance hypernym | Greek deity |
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| Domain category | Greek mythology |
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2. | eros (feeling) a desire for sexual intimacy |
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| Synonyms | concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire |
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| Broader (hypernym) | desire |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | amativeness, amorousness, anaphrodisia, aphrodisia, erotic love, eroticism, erotism, fetish, lecherousness, libido, love, lust, lustfulness, nymphomania, passion, satyriasis, sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, sexiness, sexual love, the hots |
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