sensualist

[ sen-shoo-uh-list ]

noun

1. a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.
2. a person who holds the doctrine of sensationalism.

Other Words From

• sensu·al·istic adjective
• nonsen·su·al·istic adjective
• unsen·su·al·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sensualist¹

First recorded in 1655–65; sensual + -ist

Example Sentences

Fitzgerald was a romantic but not a sensualist, a limitation in his writing he acknowledged.

From The Daily Beast

Here is what I always loved about him: he was contemplative, playful, curious, generous, and a sensualist with style.

From The Daily Beast

Louis the Fifteenth, another God-defying, self-adoring sensualist.

From Project Gutenberg

And they debated whether the great singer was an idealist or merely a sensualist, or perhaps both.

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It is impossible to express more cogently the whole tragedy of the dying sensualist.

From Project Gutenberg

Pornography, an eminent American jurist has pointed out, is distinguished by the "leer of the sensualist."

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Will not a sensualist do as much as this, if his physician require it for his health?

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