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Princeton's WordNet
sensualistnoun
a person who enjoys sensuality
Wiktionary
sensualistnoun
A person who believes in enjoying sensuality and the experience of pleasant sensations.
sensualistnoun
One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sensualistnoun
A carnal person; one devoted to corporal pleasures.
Etymology: from sensual.
Let atheists and sensualists satisfy themselves as they are able; the former of which will find, that, as long as reason keeps her ground, religion neither can nor will lose her’s. South.
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sensualist
In epistemology, Sensualism is a doctrine whereby sensations and perception are the basic and most important form of true cognition. It may oppose abstract ideas.This ideogenetic question was long ago put forward in Greek philosophy (Stoicism, Epicureanism) and further developed to the full by the British Sensualists (John Locke, David Hume) and the British Associationists (Thomas Brown, David Hartley, Joseph Priestley). In the 19th century it was very much taken up by the Positivists (Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Hippolyte Taine, Émile Littré)
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sensualist
A sensualist is a person who pursues or is excessively indulged in the enjoyment of physical or sensual pleasures, particularly those associated with taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. They place high importance on sensory experiences and tend to live their lives in pursuit of these pleasures.
Webster Dictionary
Sensualistnoun
one who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness
Sensualistnoun
one who holds to the doctrine of sensualism
Etymology: [CF. F. sensualiste.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sensualist in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sensualist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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