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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n.名词 noun
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- : 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.
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