sensualism
- n desire for sensual pleasures
- n (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
- Yet, despite this lyrical sensualism, it was Camus' beiief in an intellectual revolt (after facing "the absurd") that most renewed and sustained his bat tle against the "quivering .
- There are plenty of familiar symbols: the moody sensualism of Suzy Wong, the crass, farcical energy of Jackie Chan, the incessant drive for profit.
- A life of sensualism and intellectual adventure is traced in Colette's random reminiscences; nothing in her own sensitive fiction is as fascinating as the story of her emergence .