| sensual | 1. Relating to the body and the senses, as distinguished from the intellect or spirit. 2. Denoting bodily or sensory pleasure, not necessarily sexual. Origin: L. Sensualis, endowed with feeling (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sensualism | 1. The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. 2. <philosophy> 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. <ethnology> The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. Origin: Cf. F. Sensualisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sensuality | The state or quality of being sensual. (05 Mar 2000) |