sensualist

[ sen-shoo-uh-list ]

/ ˈsɛn ʃu ə lɪst /

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noun

a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.

a person who holds the doctrine of sensationalism.

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Origin of sensualist

First recorded in 1655–65; sensual + -ist

sen·su·al·is·tic, adjectivenon·sen·su·al·is·tic, adjectiveun·sen·su·al·is·tic, adjective

Fitzgerald was a romantic but not a sensualist, a limitation in his writing he acknowledged.
The Great Gatsby: Book Versus Movie|Jon Reiner|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Here is what I always loved about him: he was contemplative, playful, curious, generous, and a sensualist with style.
Larry Sultan's California Dreams|Philip Gefter|December 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Louis the Fifteenth, another God-defying, self-adoring sensualist.
Ernest Linwood|Caroline Lee Hentz
And they debated whether the great singer was an idealist or merely a sensualist, or perhaps both.
December Love|Robert Hichens

It is impossible to express more cogently the whole tragedy of the dying sensualist.
Modernities|Horace Barnett Samuel
Pornography, an eminent American jurist has pointed out, is distinguished by the "leer of the sensualist."
1601|Mark Twain
Will not a sensualist do as much as this, if his physician require it for his health?
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter