sensuality

English

Etymology

Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕn′sho͞o-ăl′ĭ-tē
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/, (conservative) /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛn.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈɛl.ə.tiː/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛn.ʃʉˈal.ɪ.ti/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.ʈiː/
• Rhymes: -ælɪti
• Hyphenation: sen‧su‧al‧i‧ty

Noun

sensuality (countable and uncountable, plural sensualities)

2. (uncountable) The state of being sensual or sensuous.

   pure sensuality

   air of sensuality

   erotic sensuality

   The painting captures the sensuality of human form.

   Her voice carried a quiet sensuality.

4. (countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

Antonyms

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Translations

the state of being sensual or sensuous

• Bulgarian: сладострастие (bg) n (sladostrastie)
• Catalan: sensualitat f
• Czech: smyslnost f
• Dutch: zinnelijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: aistillisuus (fi)
• French: sensualité (fr) f
• German: Sinnlichkeit (de) f
• Polish: zmysłowość (pl) f
• Portuguese: sensualidade (pt) f
• Romanian: senzualitate (ro) f
• Russian: чувственность (ru) f (čuvstvennostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сензуа́лно̄ст f, чу́лно̄ст f, пу̏тено̄ст f

  Latin: senzuálnōst (sh) f, čúlnōst (sh) f, pȕtenōst (sh) f

• Spanish: sensualidad (es) f

a preoccupation with sensual pleasure

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• Finnish: hekumallisuus (fi)
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• German: Sinnlichkeit (de) f
• Polish: cielesność (pl) f, zmysłowość (pl) f
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• Russian: сладостра́стие (ru) n (sladostrástije)
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Further reading

• “sensuality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sensuality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.