sensualist
noun
a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.
sensualistic
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a word derived from
sensualist.
Example Sentences
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It's only too easy to write for those avid of sentimentalism, or to express what Thomas Huxley calls "sensualistic caterwauling."
From Unicorns by James Huneker
One thing is certain, we cannot go back to the old dogmatic standpoint, whether rationalistic or sensualistic.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
The history of Hearn's ghoulish pleasure in the gruesome and sensualistic, runs from the tan-yard horror and Cincinnati reportorial days, through the translated stories of the New Orleans epoch, to his "St. Anthony."
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
The fact, however, rather confirms the force of Stein's remark, for the Hegelian idealism first bred the more sensualistic system of humanism, and then humanism bred socialism.
From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae
Schleiermacher here alludes to the sensualistic aestheticians of the eighteenth century, and to Hegel, who had almost identified art and religion.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
