About The Word Sensualism
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Sensualism
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What's The Definition Of Sensualism?
[n] the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
[n] desire for sensual pleasures Synonyms | Synonyms for Sensualism: sensationalism | sensuality | sensualness Related Terms | Find terms related to Sensualism: See Also | concupiscence | philosophical doctrine | philosophical theory | physical attraction | sexual desire Sensualism In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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.
3. (Ethics) The regarding of the gratification of the senses
as the highest good. --Krauth-Fleming.
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