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Meaning of "sensualism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SENSUALISM

sensualism  [ˈsɛnsjʊəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENSUALISM

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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sensualism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SENSUALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sensualism

Sensualism is a philosophical doctrine of the theory of knowledge, according to which sensations and perception are the basic and most important form of true cognition. It may oppose abstract ideas. The basic principle of sensualism is "there is not anything in mind, which hasn't been in the sensations." The great philosophers of sensualism are: ▪ Aristotle ▪ Thomas Aquinas ▪ John Locke ▪ George Berkeley ▪ David Hume ▪ Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ▪ William James ▪ Friedrich Nietzsche...

Definition of sensualism in the English dictionary

The definition of sensualism in the dictionary is the quality or state of being sensual.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENSUALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENSUALISM

sensorimotor
sensorineural
sensorium
sensory
sensory deprivation
sensory paralysis
sensual
sensualise
sensualist
sensualistic
sensualities
sensuality
sensualize
sensually
sensualness
sensum
sensuosity
sensuous
sensuously
sensuousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENSUALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of sensualism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sensualism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENSUALISM

Find out the translation of sensualism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sensualism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sensualism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

感觉论
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sensualismo
570 millions of speakers

English

sensualism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sensualism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شهوانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сенсуализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sensualismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইন্দ্রিয়পরায়ণতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sensualisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sensualisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sensualismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

好色
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감각주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sensualisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thỏa mãn dục vọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புலன் இன்ப நுகர்ச்சியே மிகச் சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த நலன் என்னும் அறக் கோட்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कामुकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sensualism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sensualismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmysłowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сенсуалізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

senzualității
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαγνεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zinnelijkheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sensualism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sensualisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sensualism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENSUALISM»

The term «sensualism» is normally little used and occupies the 133.089 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENSUALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sensualism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sensualism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sensualism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENSUALISM»

Discover the use of sensualism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sensualism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nietzsche, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Science: ...
On that assumption, he concludes, our own untroubled acceptance of sensualism may testify to the weakness of our senses rather than to the strength of our character. Some of the complexities in this theme are signalled by the distinction  ...
Babette Babich, Robert S. Cohen, 1999
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A Companion to the Works of Heinrich Heine
Though persecuted, the gods, and thus sensualism, exist in a unified state. In Die Gotter im Exil the gods have been dislodged from this relative security. Catapulted peremptorily into a more modern setting, their lifestyles are radically diverse, ...
Roger F. Cook, 2002
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The Soul of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
Because he puts it forward not as an insight into the very nature of knowledge but as a hypothesis about how it is acquired, Nietzsche's sensualism must — and does — accept the possibility that we might be led to reject sensualism as false.
Maudemarie Clark, David Dudrick, 2012
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Marx, the Young Hegelians, and the Origins of Radical Social ...
No; sensualism may with equal right claim to be the result of pantheism, and as such it appears beautiful and imposing."39 Heine's point was that French sensualism reduced reality to matter, whereas pantheism, as Spinoza had recognized, ...
Warren Breckman, 2001
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Practical Theology: A New Approach
4 Sensualism and Idealism The attempt (as much Aristotelian as Lockean) to reconstruct all knowledge on the basis of sensorial perception is a source of fundamental ambiguity within the Lockean theory of knowledge. The postulate of the ...
Marcel Viau, 1999
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Characteristics of the Greek Philosophers Socrates and Plato ...
Christ came to raise human nature from the filth of Heathen Sensualism, and to place man once more erect in the path of duty. It is not till we have obtained some knowledge of the facts of that abyss of degradation, sinking deeper and ...
John Philips Potter, 1845
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Spiritual Warfare Volume Two - Battling Against Carnality
CHAPTER 5 COMBATING AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF SENSUALISM SENSUALISM: t is the frequent and "excessive indulgence" in sensual pleasures and the belief that the pleasure of the senses is the greatest good. This disagrees with ...
Dr Elsie Clark
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American Quarterly Review
As between idealism and sensualism, the first is in the right and the last in the wrong. It is the essence of sensualism to declare that sensual impressions are the sole origin of all thought, and that they suffice for the explanation of every state, ...
‎1831
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Course of the history of modern philosophy, tr. by O.W. Wight
1st, Sensualism. Its good: its evil. — 2d, Idealism. Its good: its evil. — 3d, Scepticism. Its good: its evil. — 4th, Mysticism. Its good: its evil. — Natural order of the development of these four systems. — Their relative utility. — Their intrinsic merit .
Claude Henri Victor Cousin, 1852
10
Contesting Nietzsche
His apparent admiration for the skeptics of modern philosophy stands in contrast with his apparent praise of “sensualism” in B GE 15, which has been the subject of significant discussion in the Nietzsche literature, particularly as it bears on his ...
Christa Davis Acampora, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENSUALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sensualism is used in the context of the following news items.
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'No stronger retrograde force exists in the world'
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.” Churchill continued: “The fact that in Mohammedan law ... «Observer News, Jul 15»
2
Hugh Bowman questions Sydney winter racing after a winning double
Blake Shinn added another metropolitan win to take his tally to 86-1/2 wins when Sensualism scored to be part of a winning treble for premier trainer Chris ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Winning jockey Chris Whiteley involved in fiery stewards exchange …
... winning days at Canterbury. Bowman booted home a double courtesy of Japonisme and Burnt Bridges, while Shinn had a winner of his own on Sensualism. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Midweek Best Bets
SENSUALISM. Race 4, No. 9. Peaked on her run 100m out after having to cart field up to a tearaway leader at Rosehill last month but still battled away on OK. «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
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“KILLER” POLICE "BELONGING" ISSUES (11)
... justification to define themselves according to their Lower (animal) Self—essentially orchestrated by sensualism, emotionalism, desires of the physical body. «Black Voice News, Jul 15»
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... (88.5 wins) has a full book of seven rides at Canterbury including highly rated runners Helford River, Wudang Mountain, Sensualism and Ashkannd. Bowman ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
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Jockeys Blake Shinn and Hugh Bowman knock back Ramornie …
... (88.5 wins) has a full book of seven rides at Canterbury including highly rated runners Helford River, Wudang Mountain, Sensualism and Ashkannd. Bowman ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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The Proust Q&A: Didier Mariotti
The qualities I most like in a woman are humour, spontaneity and sensualism. Who or what is the greatest love of your life? The greatest loves of my life are my ... «The Drinks Business, Jul 15»
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Trainer David Pfieffer banks on Cradle Me to keep winners flowing
Sensualism is by Commands and they were born with 'flippers' on,'' Schofield said. “The breed love the rain-affected tracks so Sensualism is in her element. «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
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Omtvistat nakenmåleri lämnar källaren
Skildringen vibrerar av sensualism och begär. Kommentar. Äntligen, säger jag. Eugène Janssons ”Flottans badhus” har i mina ögon alltid varit ett mästerverk ... «Dagens Nyheter, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sensualism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sensualism>. Apr 2024 ».
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