Definition of titillation in English:
titillation
noun ˌtɪtɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌtɪd(ə)ˈleɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe arousal of interest or excitement, especially through sexually suggestive images or words.
a literary form of popular entertainment and titillation
Example sentencesExamples
- Creating an aura of titillation will cause album sales to skyrocket.
- Cheap tracts and single sheet broadsides fed an apparently insatiable popular appetite for novelty, sensation and titillation.
- All of the shots have a voyeuristic purpose intended to satisfy the desire for titillation among television viewers.
- The film is littered with scenes that exist only for the titillation of the male audience.
- Despite the vast amount of pseudo love-making taking place, the scenes raise nothing in the way of sexual titillation.
Definition of titillation in US English:
titillation
nounˌtɪd(ə)ˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌtid(ə)ˈlāSH(ə)n
The arousal of interest or excitement, especially through sexually suggestive images or words.
a literary form of popular entertainment and titillation
Example sentencesExamples
- The film is littered with scenes that exist only for the titillation of the male audience.
- All of the shots have a voyeuristic purpose intended to satisfy the desire for titillation among television viewers.
- Creating an aura of titillation will cause album sales to skyrocket.
- Despite the vast amount of pseudo love-making taking place, the scenes raise nothing in the way of sexual titillation.
- Cheap tracts and single sheet broadsides fed an apparently insatiable popular appetite for novelty, sensation and titillation.