sensualist

[ sen-shoo-uh-list ]

/ ˈsɛn ʃu ə lɪst /

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

a person who holds the doctrine of sensationalism.

RELATED WORDS

First recorded in 1655–65; sensual + -ist

Related formssen·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
Mr. Spokesly was no sensualist in the strict meaning of the word.
Command|William McFee
It appeared, then, that I too was a sensualist, in my temperate and fastidious way.
The Professor|(AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell

The fellow was a sensualist, but he had some advantage in view, and she had already suspected what it was.
The Coast of Adventure|Harold Bindloss
Then shall we learn to despise the low aims and contracted views of the sensualist, the demagogue, and the worldling.
The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences|Edward Hitchcock
This Barrre was a sensualist, a crafty orator, a sort of eel which in danger turned into a snake.
The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II)|Moncure Daniel Conway

1660s, from sensual + -ist.