different between arousal vs feederism

English

Etymology

arouse +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a?z?l/
• Rhymes: -a?z?l

Noun

arousal (plural arousals)

1. The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

   bodily arousal

   emotional arousal

   to influence the arousal of brain and behavior

2. Sexual arousal.

   Some people get sexual arousal from the depiction of feet.

3. 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.

4. 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

Translations

English

Etymology

feeder +? -ism

Noun

feederism (uncountable)

1. A paraphilia in which arousal is obtained from overfeeding or overeating.

   Synonym: feedism

   • 2007, Fedwa Malti-Douglas, Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: A-C

     The growth of feederism paralleled the development of feeder pornography, with the increase of Internet websites not unlike those devoted to the celebration of the skeletal beauty of anorexic bodies.

   • 2008, Alyshia D. Bestard, Feederism: an exploratory study into the stigma of erotic weight gain

     Sometimes feederism is practiced within relationships and sometimes it is practiced alone. Respondents emphasize the importance that fantasy plays within feederism.

See also

• feedee
• feeder
• gainer