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sensualism

 
Dictionary: sen·su·al·ism   (sĕn'shū-ə-lĭz'əm) pronunciation
 
n.

Excessive devotion to sensual pleasure; sensuality.

sensualist sen'su·al·ist n.
sensualistic sen'su·al·is'tic adj.
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noun

    The quality or condition of being sensuous: sensuality, sensuousness, voluptuousness. See pain/pleasure.

 
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: desire for sensual pleasures
  Synonyms: sensuality, sensualness

Meaning #2: the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
  Synonym: sensationalism


 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sanselighed, sensualisme

Nederlands (Dutch)
genotzucht

Français (French)
n. - (gén) sensualité, (Philos) sensualisme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sensualismus, Sinnlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αισθησιασμός, ηδονοθηρία

Italiano (Italian)
sensualismo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sensualismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
чувственность, сенсуализм

Español (Spanish)
n. - sensualismo, sensualidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sensualism

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
耽于酒色, 肉欲主义, 感觉论

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 耽於酒色, 肉欲主義, 感覺論

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 관능주의, 호색, 감각론

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 官能主義, 肉欲にふけること, 感覚論

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألمذهب ألحسي, ألانغماس, في ألشهوات ألحسيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חושניות‬


 
 
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