sensualism
Doctrine of gratification
Sensualism is the philosophical doctrine that all knowledge derives from sensory experience, or more commonly, devotion to sensory pleasures and gratifications.
The first sense belongs to epistemology; the second describes a lifestyle or worldview prioritizing physical sensation—taste, touch, sight—over intellectual or spiritual pursuits.
His sensualism showed in everything from the silk sheets to the imported wines.
Pursuit of refined pleasures
- voluptuousnessSensual abundance and curves
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- sybaritismPursuit of luxury
- libertinismUnrestrained indulgence in pleasure
carnality · pleasure-seeking · self-indulgence · gratification · indulgence · debauchery · lasciviousness · dissipation
Perceivability through touch
- aromaPleasant distinctive smell
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- textureSurface tactile quality
- warmthHeat you feel
velvet · silk · satin · caress · palate · taste · touch · sight
State of relishing something
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
rapture · gratification · satisfaction · contentment · thrill · elation · languor · titillation
Knowledge through observation
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- positivismPhilosophy demanding verifiable evidence
epistemology · consciousness · idealism · physicalism · realism · cognition · apprehension · sentience
Aesthetic excellence
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
expressionism · symbolism · ornamentation · picturesque · decorative · artistic · form · taste
epicureanism
Pursuit of refined pleasures
- voluptuousnessSensual abundance and curves
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- sybaritismPursuit of luxury
libertinism · carnality · pleasure-seeking · self-indulgence · gratification · indulgence · debauchery · lasciviousness · dissipation · intemperance
tactility
Perceivability through touch
warmth · velvet · silk · satin · caress · palate · taste · touch · sight · sound
enjoyment
State of relishing something
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
euphoria · rapture · gratification · satisfaction · contentment · thrill · elation · languor · titillation · arousal
empiricism
Knowledge through observation
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
positivism · epistemology · consciousness · idealism · physicalism · realism · cognition · apprehension · sentience · awareness
beauty
Aesthetic excellence
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
aestheticism · expressionism · symbolism · ornamentation · picturesque · decorative · artistic · form · taste · style
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- decadencedecadence, decay, lavishness, aestheticism, dandyism
- well-beingwell-being, happiness, wellbeing, wellness, contentment
- hedonismhedonism, pleasure, immediate gratification, pleasure principle
- vicevice, debauchery, prostitution, depravity, immorality
- aestheticismart for art's sake, tastefulness, connoisseurship, decadence, fin de siecle
sensualismasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
abstinence · self-denial · austerity · puritanism · self-mortification
sensualismrationalism
Reason as knowledge source
intellectualism · idealism · nativism · transcendentalism · spiritualism
sensualismspiritualism
Communion with the deceased
asceticism · spirituality · mysticism · otherworldliness · transcendentalism