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Definition: Sensuality |
SensualityNoun1. Desire for sensual pleasures. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sensuality" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references) |
Synonyms: SensualitySynonyms: sensualism (n), sensualness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intemperance | Noun: intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism; pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free living. |
Physical Pleasure | Noun: pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness. Adjective: dissipation, round of pleasure, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow. (support); luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe. (intemperance). |
Sexuality | Sexiness, attractiveness; sensuality, voluptuousness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sensuality |
| English words defined with "sensuality": corrupt ♦ debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave ♦ -ist ♦ misdirect ♦ pervert, profane ♦ sensualist ♦ vitiate. (references) |
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Lyrics | Ya got that sensuality (Vibeology; performing artist: Paula Abdul) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sensuality (1982) | |
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| "Sensuality serie 2" by Gilbert Tremblay Commentary: "A small serie of picts I took of a friend." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Anna Jameson | Avarice is to the intellect and heart, what sensuality is to the morals. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity. |
| These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all they do. | |
Leonardo Da Vinci | Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. |
Lord Byron | I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting. |
Percy Bysshe Shelley | Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality. |
Seneca | If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The imperfections of his mind run parallel with those of his body, being a composition of spleen, dullness, ignorance, caprice, sensuality and pride |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In the student sensuality is a sluggish habit of mind |
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| "Sensuality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sensuality" is used about 145 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 145 | 26,217 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sensuality". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hushai | N/A | Biblical | Their sensuality |
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| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sensuality": anti-sensuality. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sensuality | 304 |
muscle sensuality | 21 |
big sensuality time | 4 |
female sensuality | 4 |
sensuality story | 3 |
sensuality sex | 2 |
sensuality woman | 2 |
big bjork lyrics sensuality time | 2 |
couple sensuality | 2 |
photo sensuality | 2 |
sensuality tip | 2 |
art sensuality | 2 |
sensuality shoppe | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sensuality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ndjeshmëri (delicacy, empathy, eroticism, feeling, sensibility, sensitivity, sentience, susceptibility, tenderness). (various references) | |
Arabic | فسوق (debauch, depravity, fornication, immorality, perversity, profligacy), الحسية (receptivity), شهوانية (lustfulness, sultriness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чувственост (carnality, eroticism, fleshliness). (various references) | |
Czech | smyslnost (voluptuousness). (various references) | |
Finnish | aistillisuus. (various references) | |
French | sensualité (sensualism). (various references) | |
German | Sinnlichkeit (animalism, carnality, fleshliness, sensorial nature, sensualism, sensuousness, voluptuousness). (various references) | |
Greek | φιληδονία (voluptuousness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תאותנות (lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, lust, lustfulness, mania, passion, salacity, sexuality, voluptuousness), חושניות (sensualism). (various references) | |
Hungarian | érzékiség (animalism, carnality, concupiscence, eroticism, lubricity, lusciousness, prurience, pruriency, salacity, sensualism, sensuousness, sins of the flesh). (various references) | |
Italian | sensualità (animalism, fleshliness, lustfulness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 色気 (a shade of colour, charm, colouring, desire, glamor, interest in the opposite sex, poetry, romance, seductiveness, sex appeal, sexual passion), 色好み (lechery), 色 (colour, lust), 好色 (lewdness, lust), 好色 (lewdness, lust). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いろごのみ (lechery), いろけ (a shade of colour, charm, colouring, desire, glamor, interest in the opposite sex, poetry, romance, seductiveness, sex appeal, sexual passion), いろ (colour, lust), こうしょく (degradation, lewdness, lust, mixed weave, neglect of official duty, public office, red color, yellow). (various references) | |
Manx | soyllarys, saynt ny foalley (concupiscence, lechery, sexual desire), gimmanys (debauchery, lechery, salaciousness, unchastity, wantonness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ensualitysay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sensualidade (animalism, carnality, eroticism, flesh, incontinence, lubricity, lust, self-indulgence, sexiness, sexual pleasure, unrestraint). (various references) | |
Romanian | senzualitate (concupiscence, fleshliness, lechery, lust, lustfulness, sensuousness, voluptuousness). (various references) | |
Russian | чувственность (carnality, eroticism, sensationism, sensualness, sensuousness, sexiness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pohotljivost (lecherousness, lechery, prurience, pruriency, salacity), požudnost, čulnost (senses). (various references) | |
Spanish | sensualidad (carnality, fleshliness, lust, sensuousness). (various references) | |
Swedish | sinnlighet (carnality), sensualitet. (various references) | |
Turkish | nefsine düşkünlük, duygusallık (emotionality, romanticism, sensibility, sensuousness, sentiment), bedensel zevklere düşkünlük, şehvet (carnality, concupiscence, desire, eroticism, flesh, lust, lustfulness, salacity, sexual desire). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сластолюбство, чуттєвість (sensualism). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thú nhục dục, tính ham khoái lạc dâm dục. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | sensualis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Sensuality" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sensuallty, sensualtiy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sensuality" (pronounced se'nkhuwa"lutē) |
| 8 | -kh u w a" l u t ē | actuality, mutuality, spirituality. |
| 7 | -u w a" l u t ē | heterosexuality, homosexuality. |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, legality, duality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, finality, formality, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, individuality, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, rationality, reality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | acceptability, accessibility, ability, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, irresponsibility, irritability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, laity, laxity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-s-s-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: insulates. | |
-2 letters: alunites, elastins, insulate, inulases, nailsets, salients, saltines, sinuates, stunsail, uneasily, utensils. | |
-3 letters: alunite, aunties, elastin, eluants, elysian, enlists, entails, entasis, instals, insults, inulase, issuant, linseys, listens, luniest, luteins, lysates, lysines, nailset, nasties, nastily, saintly, salient, salines, salties, saltine, salutes, sensual, sestina, silanes, silents, silenus, sinuate, slainte, stylise, sultans, sustain, taluses, tansies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-s-s-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: sustainedly. | |
+3 letters: substantively, unassertively. | |
+4 letters: ostentatiously, simultaneously, transsexuality. | |
+5 letters: instantaneously. | |
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