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The 14 pages that link to Sexual desire, each with the reason it gives.

• Sexual arousalRelated: Desire often relates to arousal but is distinct from the body's immediate response.

• Sexual dysfunctionRelated: Persistent low or absent desire can be a form of sexual dysfunction.

• Sexual attractionRelated: It overlaps with attraction but describes motivation for sexual activity rather than desire directed at someone.

• Sexual fantasyRelated: A fantasy may accompany desire, but imagining an act does not establish a wish to perform it.

• Sexual response cycleRelated: The cycle’s original stages do not explicitly include desire.

• Sensate focusRelated: Exploratory touch can create space for desire to emerge without making it a required outcome.

• LibidoRelated: Libido describes the general level of this motivation, not necessarily interest in a particular person.

• ForeplayRelated: Desire may precede foreplay or emerge in response to affectionate, pleasurable contact.

• Human sexual activityRelated: Desire can motivate sexual activity, but it is neither necessary nor sufficient for it.

• HypersexualityRelated: High desire alone does not establish distress, impaired control, or functional impairment.