Sensualism

[senʃuәlizm]

Definition

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

Checked by Jeannette--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality.

(n.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism.

(n.) The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good.

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