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The ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
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sensualism
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sensualism is the persistent or excessive pursuit of sensual pleasures and interests. In philosophy, it refers to the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good. In epistemology it is a doctrine whereby sensations and perception ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sensualism \Sen"su*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. sensualisme.] The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. (Philos.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. desire for sensual pleasures [syn: sensuality , sensualness ] (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good [syn: sensationalism ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Addiction to or obsession with sensual pleasures or affairs 2 (context ethics English) The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good. 3 (context epistemology English) The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1803, "the philosophical doctrine that the senses are the sole source of knowledge," from sensual + -ism . From 1813 as "addiction to sensual indulgence."
Usage examples of sensualism.
English literature, so large a collection of amatory songs in which sensualism and voluptuousness find no voice.
Eyes and fingers speak in its favor, visual evidence and palpableness do, too: this strikes an age with fundamentally plebian tastes as fascinating, persuasive, and convincing - after all, it follows instinctively the canon of truth of eternally popular sensualism.