Definitions for: Sensualism

[n] the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
[n] desire for sensual pleasures

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: sensationalism, sensuality, sensualness

See Also: concupiscence, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, physical attraction, sexual desire

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