sensualist

American  

[sen-shoo-uh-list] / ˈsɛn ʃu ə lɪst /

noun

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

2. a person who holds the doctrine of sensationalism.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsensualistic adjective
• sensualistic adjective
• unsensualistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of sensualist

First recorded in 1655–65; sensual + -ist

Example Sentences

And Sorrentino, a dedicated sensualist, does allow himself some lighter touches, including, toward the end, a fanciful visual metaphor for a burdened man’s spirit that maybe only he could get away with.

From Los Angeles Times

Rajamouli is a cinematic sensualist, something not often seen or appreciated in the action genre.

From Salon

When a poem of hers, "Spring," was rejected — the editor found its style too "sensualist," à la Romantic poetry — she decided to send it to Seventeen magazine instead.

From Salon

Yet the concentration and physiological specificity with which he embodied characters, from power-hungry medieval monarchs to a 20th-century sensualist painter, made you tense up in anatomical empathy.

From New York Times

Bourdain, who died almost exactly three years ago at the age of 61, was many things — chef, sensualist, addict, world traveler — any one of which could have served as the movie’s lodestar.

From New York Times