noun
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Meanings
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The state of being sensual or sensuous.
Pure sensuality.
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desire for sensual pleasures
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A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· desire for sensual pleasures
sensualism
Opposites
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Derived forms
hypersensualitynonsensuality
Etymology
Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual + -ity.