English Explanatory Dictionary

sensualism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Addiction to or obsession with sensual pleasures or affairs.
  2. The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good.
  3. The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism.
  4. A sensual style or aesthetic.

Word forms

sensualism sensualisms

Etymology

From sensual + -ism.

Synonyms

sensationalism

Related words

sensualist sensually sensuality
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