unsensuous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not apprehended through the senses; lacking sensory imagery or sensuous form

   An abstract relation can be thought in an unsensuous way without a distinct mental picture.

2. 2
   adj

   not appealing to or characterized by sensual pleasure

   The austere design was deliberately unsensuous.

Formed from un- + sensuous. Philosophical writers use it especially for thought without sensory presentation, a sense influenced by German unanschaulich.

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