Sensualism

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1. Noun

The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality.

2. Noun

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. Noun

The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good.

4. Noun

(philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
Vocabulary classified under Law

5. Noun

desire for sensual pleasures
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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