Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of arousing or awakening; the state of being aroused or awakened.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
arousing or the state of beingaroused . - noun Sexual arousal.
- noun A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun awakening from sleep
- noun mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
- noun the act of arousing
- noun a state of heightened physiological activity
Etymologies
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Examples
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When arousal is too low, we become bored, and seek out activities to stimulate our minds; when arousal is too high, we seek to reduce or find something that will calm us down in some way.
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Sessions involve watching pornographic movies featuring a young boy masturbating while the offender's sexual arousal is measured and punishment administered.
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Arguments against violent media imagery promoting violent behaviour often actually support the idea: James Paul Gee promotes video games as very effective teaching tools and arousal is at the heart of his argument.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Arguments against violent media imagery promoting violent behaviour often actually support the idea: James Paul Gee promotes video games as very effective teaching tools and arousal is at the heart of his argument.
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I think that's the first time the phrase arousal of the amygdala has ever been in the cable news.
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In Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping, Robert Sapolsky describes the way stress relates to memory: a little bit of arousal heightens learning, but long-term arousal eventually burns out memory.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Whereas difficulties of objectively evaluating psychoanalytic hypotheses are well-documented, these approaches would predict that sexual arousal is an intrinsic response to homosexual stimuli, whereas Barlow’s (1986) theory would predict that sexual arousal to homosexual stimuli by homophobic individuals is a function of anxiety.
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Chilies also stimulate the nervous system, accentuating the effects of arousal, which is very, very, very good for very, very, very good sex.
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Oh yes, I had attended some birthday parties where the game of Post Office was played and I recall the arousal that happened in my pants but for sure God was watching and I better not let on so when my turn came I picked the cutest girl and departed with her to the post office room to deliver the stamps.
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His arousal was a potent force beneath the black silk barely sheathing its powerful rigidity, and she felt her insides clench in anticipation of his possession.
Purchased By The Billionaire Bianchin, Helen 2006
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