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^[1]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/, (conservative) /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(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^[1]

Noun

sensuality (countable and uncountable, plural sensualities)

(uncountable) The state of being sensual or sensuous.^[1]
(countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.^[1]

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 (sh) f, чу́лно̄ст (sh) f, пу̏тено̄ст (sh) f

Roman: 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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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 “sensuality”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.