Found 2 items, similar to Sensualism.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sensualism sensualism n 1: desire for sensual pleasures [syn: sensuality, sensualness] 2: (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good [syn: sensationalism]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sensualism Sensualism \Sen"su*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. sensualisme.] 1. The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. [1913 Webster] 2. (Philos.) The 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Ethics) The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. --Krauth-Fleming. [1913 Webster]