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Sexual desire   /sˈɛkʃuəl dɪzˈaɪər/   Listen
Sexual desire

noun
1.
A desire for sexual intimacy.  Synonyms: concupiscence, eros, physical attraction.






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"Sexual desire" Quotes from Famous Books



... really confined to the putrid influence on the young imagination. The real outcome is not only such a revolution in the thoughts, but the power which it gains over action. We have only to consider the mechanism which nature has provided. The sexual desire belongs to the same group of human instincts as the desire for food or the desire for sleep, all of which aim toward a certain biological end, which must be fulfilled in order to secure life. The desire for food and sleep serves the individual ...
— Psychology and Social Sanity • Hugo Muensterberg

... seriously to the business of procreation than to any other; in the achievement of nothing else does he condense and concentrate the intensity of his will in so remarkable a manner as in the act of generation." And before all those, Buddha wrote: "Sexual desire is sharper than the hook with which wild elephants are tamed; hotter than flame; it is like an arrow that is shot into the ...
— The Grip of Desire • Hector France



Words linked to "Sexual desire" :   erotism, satyriasis, physical attraction, sensuality, eroticism, amativeness, sexual love, libido, anaphrodisia, passion, love, amorousness, aphrodisia, lust, lecherousness, fetish, concupiscence, desire, erotic love, sensualism, lustfulness, sexiness, nymphomania, sensualness, eros, the hots



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