sensuality (noun)

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• sensuality — sensual ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the physical senses as a source of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. DERIVATIVES sensualist noun sensuality noun sensually adverb. USAGE Strictly speaking there is a difference between sensual and sensuous.… …   English terms dictionary

• sensuality — noun see sensual …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sensuality — noun a) The state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy. b) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure …   Wiktionary

• sensuality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sensationalism, appetite, ardor, voluptuousness, sexuality; see also deSire 3 , emotion , love 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or condition of being sensual: sexiness, sexuality, suggestiveness,… …   English dictionary for students

• sensuality — /sɛnʃuˈæləti/ (say senshooh aluhtee) noun (plural sensualities) 1. sensual nature. 2. excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures. 3. lewdness; unchastity. Also, sensualness …  

• sensual — [ sɛnsjʊəl, ʃʊəl] adjective 1》 relating to the physical senses, especially as a source of pleasure. 2》 arousing sexual or other physical gratification. Derivatives sensualism noun sensualist noun sensuality noun sensualiz …   English new terms dictionary

• sensual — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the physical senses as a source of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. DERIVATIVES sensualist noun sensuality noun sensually adverb. USAGE Strictly speaking there is a difference between sensual and sensuous. Sensual …   English terms dictionary

• sensualist — sensual ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the physical senses as a source of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. DERIVATIVES sensualist noun sensuality noun sensually adverb. USAGE Strictly speaking there is a difference between sensual and sensuous.… …   English terms dictionary

• sensually — sensual ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the physical senses as a source of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. DERIVATIVES sensualist noun sensuality noun sensually adverb. USAGE Strictly speaking there is a difference between sensual and sensuous.… …   English terms dictionary

• sensual — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin sensualis, from Latin sensus sense Date: 15th century 1. relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite ; fleshly 2. sensory 1 3. a. devoted to or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sensual — adjective 1 connected with the feelings of your body rather than your mind: purely sensual pleasures 2 interested in or making you think of physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure: sensual lips | a sensual woman sensuality noun (U)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English