SENSUALISM
sensualism, sensationalism
(noun) (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
sensuality, sensualness, sensualism
(noun) desire for sensual pleasures
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sensualism (countable and uncountable, plural sensualisms)
Addiction to or obsession with sensual pleasures or affairs.
(ethics) The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good.
(epistemology) The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism.
(art, architecture) A sensual style or aesthetic.
Synonyms
• sensationalism
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"su*al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sensualisme.]
1. The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality.
2. (Philos.)
Definition: 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)
Definition: The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. Krauth-Fleming.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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