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
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.
• 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
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
