"sensualism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sensualisms [plural]
Etymology: sensual + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sensual|ism}} sensual + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sensualism (countable and uncountable, plural sensualisms)
  1. Addiction to or obsession with sensual pleasures or affairs. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sensualism-en-noun-BRl4fOsu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 15 43 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 26 34 37 4
  2. (ethics) The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethics Translations (doctrine: gratification is highest good): senzualismus [masculine] (Czech), sensualismi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sensualism-en-noun-CCw1YmZq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 15 43 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 26 34 37 4 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'doctrine: gratification is highest good': 2 67 30 1
  3. (epistemology) The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Epistemology Translations (doctrine: everything reduces to transformed sensation): сэнсуалізм (sensualizm) [masculine] (Belarusian), sensualismi (Finnish), sensualisme [masculine] (French), sensualismo [masculine] (Italian), sensualizm (Polish), сенсуализм (sensualizm) [masculine] (Russian), sensualismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sensualism-en-noun-SJwqLx7p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 15 43 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 26 34 37 4 Topics: epistemology, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'doctrine: everything reduces to transformed sensation': 7 26 61 6
  4. (art, architecture) A sensual style or aesthetic. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture, Art
    Sense id: en-sensualism-en-noun-ficqY0nA Topics: architecture, art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sensationalism Related terms: sensualist, sensually, sensuality

Inflected forms

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