sensualism
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
sensualism
noun sensualisms
- Addiction to or obsession with sensual pleasures or affairs.
- The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good.
- The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism. 1858, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 1, Gottfried Wilhem von Leibnitz, He [Locke] repudiated any supposed dowry of original truths or innate or connate ideas, and endeavored to show how, by acting on the report of the senses and personal experience, the understanding arrives at all the ideas of
- A sensual style or aesthetic.
Similar: sensationalism
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: sensationalism
Translations
Every language
noun doctrine: everything reduces to transformed sensation
| Español | sensualismo |
|---|---|
| Français | sensualisme |
| Italiano | sensualismo |
| Ελληνικά | αισθησιαρχία aisthisiarchía, αισθησιοκρατία aisthisiokratía, σενσουαλισμός sensoualismós |
| Русский | сенсуализм sensualizm |
Talk about this word "sensualism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sensualism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sensualism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sensualism "sensualism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sensualism.Cite this
@misc{sensualism_2026,
title = {sensualism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sensualism},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
