sen·su·al·i·ty

[sen-shoo-al-i-tee]
noun, plural sen·su·al·i·ties.
1.
sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
2.
unrestrained indulgence in sensual pleasures.
3.
lewdness; unchastity.
Also, sen·su·al·ness.


Origin:
1300–50; Middle English sensualite < Old French < Late Latin sēnsuālitās. See sensual, -ity

an·ti·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun, plural an·ti·sen·su·al·i·ties, adjective
hy·per·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun
non·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun
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sensuality (ˌsɛnsjʊˈælɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ties
1.  the quality or state of being sensual
2.  excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
 
sensualist
 
n

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sensuality
mid-14c., "the part of man that is concerned with the senses," from O.Fr. sensualité, from L.L. sensualitatem (nom. sensualitas) "capacity for sensation," from L. sensualis "endowed with feeling, sensitive," from sensus "feeling" (see sense). Chiefly "animal instincts
and appetites," hence "the lower nature regarded as a source of evil, lusts of the flesh" (1620s).
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Example sentences
And if that rich moment of sensuality were not there and not fully expressed,
  the show would not work.
However, she would by no means consent ever to put on fine clothes, or do
  anything which seemed to favour vanity or sensuality.
Those people appear to view sensuality as a necessary evil, and do not appear
  to abhor it as a crime in the unmarried state.
His instinct perceived the fetidness of poverty, but no longer ferreted out the
  deeper evils in pride and sensuality.
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