arousal
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹaʊzəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊzəl
Noun
arousal (plural arousals)
- The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.
- bodily arousal
- emotional arousal
- to influence the arousal of brain and behavior
- Sexual arousal.
- Some people get arousal from the depiction of feet.
- 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.
- 2003, Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152,
- Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently.
- 2003, Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152,
- Arousal from sleep or hibernation.
- the mechanism for arousal from sleep
- the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal
Synonyms
- (sexual arousal): horniness
- (state of being reactive to stimuli): alertness
- (arousal from sleep): wakefulness
Derived terms
Translations
the act of arousing or the state of being aroused
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sexual arousal
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arousal from sleep or hibernation
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