Definitions for sensuality
sen·su·al·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sensuality, sensualness, sensualismnoun

   desire for sensual pleasures

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sensualitynoun

   The state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy.

2. sensualitynoun

   A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

3. Etymology: Confer French sensualité, Latin sensualitas.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensualitynoun

   Devotedness to the senses; addiction to brutal and corporal pleasures.

   Etymology: from sensual.

   But you are more intemperate in your blood
   Than Venus, or those pamper’d animals
   That rage in savage sensuality. William Shakespeare.

   Kill not her quick’ning pow’r with surfeitings;
   Mar not her sense with sensuality:
   Cast not her serious wit on idle things;
   Make not her free will slave to vanity. Davies.

   Sensuality is one kind of pleasure, such an one as it is. South.

   They avoid dress, lest they should have affections tainted by any sensuality, and diverted from the love of him who is to be the only comfort and delight of their whole beings. Addis.

   Impure and brutal sensuality was too much confirmed by the religion of those countries, where even Venus and Bacchus had their temples. Richard Bentley.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sensuality

   A sense is a biological system used by an organism for sensation, the process of gathering information about the world through the detection of stimuli. (For example, in the human body, the brain which is part of the central nervous system receives signals from the senses which continuously receive information from the environment, interprets these signals, and causes the body to respond, either chemically or physically.) Although traditionally five human senses were identified as such (namely sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing), it is now recognized that there are many more. Senses used by non-human organisms are even greater in variety and number. During sensation, sense organs collect various stimuli (such as a sound or smell) for transduction, meaning transformation into a form that can be understood by the brain. Sensation and perception are fundamental to nearly every aspect of an organism's cognition, behavior and thought. In organisms, a sensory organ consists of a group of interrelated sensory cells that respond to a specific type of physical stimulus. Via cranial and spinal nerves (nerves of the Central and Peripheral nervous systems that relay sensory information to and from the brain and body), the different types of sensory receptor cells (such as mechanoreceptors, photoreceptors, chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors) in sensory organs transduct sensory information from these organs towards the central nervous system, finally arriving at the sensory cortices in the brain, where sensory signals are processed and interpreted (perceived). Sensory systems, or senses, are often divided into external (exteroception) and internal (interoception) sensory systems. Human external senses are based on the sensory organs of the eyes, ears, skin, nose, and mouth. Internal sensation detects stimuli from internal organs and tissues. Internal senses possessed by humans include the vestibular system (sense of balance) sensed by the inner ear, as well as others such as spatial orientation, proprioception (body position) and nociception (pain). Further internal senses lead to signals such as hunger, thirst, suffocation, and nausea, or different involuntary behaviors, such as vomiting. Some animals are able to detect electrical and magnetic fields, air moisture, or polarized light, while others sense and perceive through alternative systems, such as echolocation. Sensory modalities or sub modalities are different ways sensory information is encoded or transduced. Multimodality integrates different senses into one unified perceptual experience. For example, information from one sense has the potential to influence how information from another is perceived. Sensation and perception are studied by a variety of related fields, most notably psychophysics, neurobiology, cognitive psychology, and cognitive science.

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1. sensuality

   Sensuality is the state of being attuned to and indulging in the pleasures obtained through the senses - sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. It typically has associations with physical and sexual pleasure but also refers to the deep appreciation and enjoyment of sensory experiences, such as indulging in good food, admiring a beautiful scene, or enjoying a soothing music.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensualitynoun

   the quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness

2. Etymology: [CF. F. sensualit, L. sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation.]

Matched Categories

1. • Sexual Desire

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How to pronounce sensuality?

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How to say sensuality in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensuality in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensuality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sensuality in a Sentence

1. Leonardo DaVinci:

   Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.

2. Dolly Parton:

   And that's sexy, you may not want to dress or look like me, you can take from that to be yourself. I'm a very passionate person in everything that I do, and I think passion has great sex appeal. I think people are drawn to that because it's magic. It's an energy. And I've always been a great lover because I'm passionate. I just feel my sensuality, my sexuality, my passion, and I don't have to apologize for any of that. I've never been offensive in any way, never tried to be. Or I've never tried to be anything other than just what I am.

3. R Chamberlain:

   When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and the greater it grows, the more is the mischief. Talent is mistaken for genius, a dogma or system for truth, ambition for greatest, ingenuity for poetry, sensuality for art.

5. Rino Barillari:

   Everyone looked at them, she looked like a possessed doll .?.?. a scene of crazy sensuality.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sensuality
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sensuality
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sensuality
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensuality
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensuality
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sensuality