alloerotic
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allo- (“other”) + erotic (“pertaining to erotic desire”)
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alloerotic (not comparable)
- having erotic desire of or attraction to another person of any sex
- 1999, Bruce Fink, A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique, Harvard University Press, page 66:
- It is this loss of gratification—whether autoerotic or alloerotic (involving another person such as the mother)—that Lacan refers to as "castration."
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- 1990, Ray Blanchard, Betty W. Steiner, Clinical management of gender identity disorders in children and adults, American Psychiatric Press, page 63