Arousal
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of arousing
"The purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"
(2) Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
(3) Awakening from sleep
(4) A state of heightened physiological activity
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.
- 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,