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sensualism
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sensualism, n. [Cf. F. sensualisme.].
- The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. Krauth-Fleming. [1913 Webster]
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