noun
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the quality or state of being sensual
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excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sensuality
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English sensualite, from Old French, from Late Latin sēnsuālitās; equivalent to sensual + -ity
Example Sentences
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Sensuality, love, anger, sadness and joy became more alive to me in my own development and self-assessment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maid to Leah is Zilpah, that is to understand, Sensuality; and Bilhah maiden to Rachel, that is to understand, Imagination.
From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Gardner, Edmund Garratt
The most dangerous alliance which besets man is that between Sensuality and Unbelief, whispering together in his ear, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!"
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
Sensuality, idleness, and waste, commonly lead to ruin.
From Short Studies on Great Subjects by Froude, James Anthony
"Sensuality is the chief of sins, filial duty the best of acts."
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
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