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sensuality

  • /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/ UK, contemporary
  • /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/ UK
  • /ˌsɛn.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/ Canada, US
  • /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/ Australia
  • /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈɛl.ə.tiː/ New Zealand
  • /ˌsɛn.ʃʉˈal.ɪ.ti/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ælɪti

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Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual + -ity.

noun sensualities

  1. uncountable The state of being sensual or sensuous. pure sensuality
  2. countable A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

Opposite: asceticism

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noun

Opposite: asceticism

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noun the state of being sensual or sensuous

Españolsensualidad
Portuguêssensualidade
Françaissensualité
DeutschSinnlichkeit
Românăsenzualitate
Русскийчувственность čuvstvennostʹ

noun a preoccupation with sensual pleasure

DeutschSinnlichkeit
Русскийсладостра́стие sladostrástije
العربيةشَهْوَانِيَّة šahwāniyya

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"sensuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sensuality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sensuality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sensuality

Chicago

"sensuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sensuality.

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@misc{sensuality_2026,
  title = {sensuality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sensuality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}