Sen"su*al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F.
sensualisme.] 1. The condition or
character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and
appetite; sensuality.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine that all our
ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in
sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of
sensations; sensationalism; sensism.
3. (Ethics) The regarding of the
gratification of the senses as the highest good. Krauth-
Fleming.