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Definition of Sensualism

1. Noun. Desire for sensual pleasures.

2. Noun. (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good.

Definition of Sensualism

1. n. The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality.

Definition of Sensualism

1. Noun. Addiction to or obsession with sensual pleasures or affairs ¹

2. Noun. (ethics) The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good. ¹

3. Noun. (epistemology) The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sensualism

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Medical Definition of Sensualism

1. 1. The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. 2. 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. The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. Origin: Cf. F. Sensualisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensualism

sensory precipitated epilepsy sensory receptor sensory receptors sensory root of ciliary ganglion sensory root of pterygopalatine ganglion sensory root of trigeminal nerve sensory speech centre sensory system sensory system agents sensory thresholds

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