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noun
A person who believes in enjoying sensuality and the experience of pleasant sensations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pleasure seeker, voluptuary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Aristippian, Cyrenaic, Epicurean
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who enjoys sensuality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: bisexual, bisexual person, cocksucker, epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, erotic, hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker, voluptuary, sybarite, wanton
History
Etymology tree English sensual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English sensualist From sensual + -ist.
Across languages
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