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nouna person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites. a person who holds the doctrine of sensationalism. Origin of sensualistFirst recorded in 1655–65; sensual + -ist OTHER WORDS FROM sensualistsen·su·al·is·tic, adjectivenon·sen·su·al·is·tic, adjectiveun·sen·su·al·is·tic, adjectiveWords nearby sensualistsensory paralysis, sensory speech center, sensory urgency, sensual, sensualism, sensualist, sensuality, sensualize, sensum, sensuous, Sensurround Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sensualistFitzgerald was a romantic but not a sensualist, a limitation in his writing he acknowledged. The Great Gatsby: Book Versus Movie|Jon Reiner|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Here is what I always loved about him: he was contemplative, playful, curious, generous, and a sensualist with style. Larry Sultan's California Dreams|Philip Gefter|December 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST Mr. Spokesly was no sensualist in the strict meaning of the word. It appeared, then, that I too was a sensualist, in my temperate and fastidious way. The Professor|(AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell
The fellow was a sensualist, but he had some advantage in view, and she had already suspected what it was. The Coast of Adventure|Harold Bindloss Then shall we learn to despise the low aims and contracted views of the sensualist, the demagogue, and the worldling. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences|Edward Hitchcock This Barrre was a sensualist, a crafty orator, a sort of eel which in danger turned into a snake. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II)|Moncure Daniel Conway
Words related to sensualistvoluptuary, epicure, sybarite |