adjective
- opposed to or inhibiting sexual desire or erotic feelings
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The austere, minimalist design of the room had an antierotic quality that discouraged intimacy.
- Critics found the film's antierotic approach to the subject matter refreshingly intellectual.
- The cold, clinical language used in the medical text was deliberately antierotic.
- Some argue that excessive regulation creates an antierotic cultural environment.
- The antierotic aesthetic of the movement rejected sensuality in favor of restraint.