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sensuality

[ sen-shoo-al-i-tee ]
/ ˌsɛn ʃuˈæl ɪ ti /
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noun, plural sen·su·al·i·ties.

sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
unrestrained indulgence in sensual pleasures.
lewdness; unchastity.

RELATED WORDS

sexuality, eroticism, hotness, passion, sensualism, carnality, lasciviousness, animalism, animality, suggestiveness

Nearby words

  1. sensory speech center,
  2. sensory urgency,
  3. sensual,
  4. sensualism,
  5. sensualist,
  6. sensualize,
  7. sensually,
  8. sensum,
  9. sensuosity,
  10. sensuous
Sometimes sen·su·al·ness [sen-shoo-uh l-nis] /ˈsɛn ʃu əl nɪs/.

Origin of sensuality

1300–50; Middle English sensualite < Old French < Late Latin sēnsuālitās. See sensual, -ity
Related formsan·ti·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun, plural an·ti·sen·su·al·i·ties, adjectivehy·per·sen·su·al·i·ty, nounnon·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for sensuality

sensuality

/ (ˌsɛnsjʊˈælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the quality or state of being sensual
excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
Derived Formssensualist (ˈsɛnsjʊəlɪst), noun
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Word Origin and History for sensuality

sensuality

n.

mid-14c., "the part of man that is concerned with the senses," from Old French sensualite "the five senses; impression," from Late Latin sensualitatem (nominative sensualitas) "capacity for sensation," from Latin sensualis "endowed with feeling, sensitive," from sensus "feeling" (see sense (n.)). Chiefly "animal instincts and appetites," hence "the lower nature regarded as a source of evil, lusts of the flesh" (1620s).

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