Meaning of SENSUALISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'senshoou`lizum
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- [n] the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
- [n] desire for sensual pleasures
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| | Synonyms: | | sensationalism, sensuality, sensualness |
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| | See Also: | | concupiscence, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, physical attraction, sexual desire | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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