1. Sexual arousal or gratification using one's own body, as in masturbation. ... 2. Sexual self-love. ... See: narcissism. ... Compare: alloerotism. ... Synonym: autoeroticism, autosexualism. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Erotikos, relating to love ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
autoeroticism, autoerotism, autoerotic 1. In psychoanalytic psychology, the earliest stage in the development of object relationships where the self is the only object recognized and the infant does not differentiate between self and nonself. 2. Spontaneous erotism, self-erotism; sexual gratification aroused or obtained by oneself, i.e. not with a... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2470/