释义 |
sensuism Philos.|ˈsɛnʃuːɪz(ə)m| [f. L. sensu-s sense n. + -ism.] 1. = sensationalism 1, sensualism 1.
1829Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 2 Sensualism (or more correctly sensuism). 1872Contemp. Rev. XX. 540 Sensationalism or sensuism, which would deny to all human knowledge the character of universality and necessity. ¶2. Tendency to indulge the sensuous imagination in religious meditation.
1878Grosart in H. More's Poems Mem. Introd. 30/1, I suppose the meaning is that, unconsecrated by high personal devoutness, mysticism is apt to ‘degenerate’ into sensuism, if not sensualism. |