sensualism

Noun
Synonyms: sensualitysensualnesssensationalism

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. desire for sensual pleasuresSynonyms: sensualitysensualness
  2. (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is goodSynonyms: sensationalism
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sensualism \Sen"su*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. sensualisme.]

1.The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. [1913 Webster]

2.(Philos.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism. [1913 Webster]

3.(Ethics) The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. --Krauth-Fleming. [1913 Webster]

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