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Meanings of sensualism in English

Portuguese
sensualidade
Spanish
sensualidad

Desire for sensual pleasures.

        sensualidade
        Portuguese
        sensacionalismo
        Catalan
        sensacionalisme

        (Philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good.

              sensacionalismo
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              Examples for "sensationalism"
              Examples for "sensationalism"
              1
              Mr Peters said there had been significant media sensationalism around the protest.
              Radio NZ
              2
              He was the arch-priest of all sensationalism in the guise of logic.
              Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
              3
              A move away from sensationalism would be a good start, he says.
              Radio NZ
              4
              The sensationalism of the media prevents us from properly digesting the news.
              Jamaica Observer
              5
              The tabloids had a monopoly on sensationalism and irresponsible journalism, some said.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of sensualism in English
              1
              It does not aspire, it grovels; it wallows in the mire of sensualism.
              Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
              2
              Agnosticism led to sensualism, and sensualism had its foundation in hopelessness.
              The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political
              3
              The result may be described, negatively, as the suppression of sensualism.
              Recent Tendencies in Ethics / Three Lectures to Clergy Given at ...
              4
              To mix positive and materialist science with etherialised sensualism, such is my object.
              French and Oriental Love in a Harem
              5
              Now he seems to rely on the reader for memories of his past sensualism.
              The Guardian
              6
              As regards imagination and feeling, or sentiment, there was a strong tendency to sensualism.
              Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
              7
              To adopt a similar attitude in spiritual matters seems to me sensualism none the less.
              King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
              8
              He had a giant form, which seemed to be breaking down with luxury and sensualism.
              The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
              9
              The true prudence limits this sensualism by admitting the knowledge of an internal and real world.
              Essays — First Series
              10
              In the frank sensualism of the Orient, this personage is admired and enjoyed on her merits.
              The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture
              11
              The Stoics rebuke the impiety which is blended with sensualism, and place their hopes on virtue.
              The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
              12
              A sensualism so delicate that it did not appear to be sensualism began to invade him.
              Marching Men
              13
              A group of writers whose tendencies were towards sensualism or scepticism, viewed him as their master.
              A History of French Literature / Short Histories of the Literatu...
              14
              On this platform one lives in a sty of sensualism, and would soon come to suicide.
              Essays — Second Series
              15
              No roughness disfigures, no sensualism blights, no straining for effect chills, no meretricious ornament destroys them.
              Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 / Devoted to Li...
              16
              The same thing which you call in yourselves generous living, you call in your friend filthy sensualism.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
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              Sensualism through the time