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sensualism

/sen-shoo-uh-liz-uhm/US // ˈsɛn ʃu əˌlɪz əm //UK // (ˈsɛnsjʊəˌlɪzəm) //

感性主义,色情主义,性感主义,情欲主义

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
    • : Philosophy. sensationalism.

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Examples

  • The Stoics rebuke the impiety which is blended with sensualism, and place their hopes on virtue.

  • The heathen sensualism that had invaded the Church is put to the rout; Christian spiritualism has reappeared.

  • The true prudence limits this sensualism by admitting the knowledge of an internal and real world.

  • History notices the same rotation continually—idealism, sensualism, scepticism, and finally mysticism.

  • I have consumed one plug of Quaker City; but as the smoke spires up, the spiritual-sensualism of Ruth becometh manifest.