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sensualism

[sen-shoo-uh-liz-uhm] / ˈsɛn ʃu əˌlɪz əm /


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Hung, a French Vietnamese filmmaker whose eye for cinematic sensualism was on display in early works like “The Scent of Green Papaya” and “Cyclo,” here achieves something of a culinary contact high.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2023

Miserablism and sensualism pair elegantly in this collaboration between FKA twigs and the Weeknd.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2021

The question of spiritual discipline has long been present in his writing: self-denial versus sensualism, the path of Jesus versus that of Byron.

From The Guardian Feb. 27, 2013

It is sensualism expressed as, and sanctioned by, religious conviction that is the vital fact of the situation.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen

Some sink over the other side of the horse, and drop into utter sloth and pampered sensualism; but others do their best to ride well, and sometimes succeed.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various




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