sensualism
nounExcessive devotion to sensual pleasure; sensuality.
nounA state of subjection to sensual feelings and appetites; sensuality; especially, lewdness.
nounIn philosophy, the doctrine that the only source of knowledge is sensation; sensationalism. Also
The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality.
nounThe 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.
nounThe regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good.
nounAddiction to or obsession with
The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good.
nounThe doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations;
desire for sensual pleasures
