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arousal

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noun/əˈɹaʊzəl/
  1. 1

    The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

    • bodily arousal
    • emotional arousal
  2. 2

    Sexual arousal.

    • Some people get arousal from the depiction of feet.
  3. 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. 4

    Arousal from sleep or hibernation.

    • the mechanism for arousal from sleep
    • The animal undergoes regular spells of arousal.

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