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Definition of Sensualize
1. Verb. Represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture.
2. Verb. Ascribe to an origin in sensation.
Generic synonyms: Ascribe, Assign, Attribute, Impute
Derivative terms: Carnal
3. Verb. Debase through carnal gratification.
Generic synonyms: Corrupt, Debase, Debauch, Demoralise, Demoralize, Deprave, Misdirect, Pervert, Profane, Subvert, Vitiate
Derivative terms: Carnal
Definition of Sensualize
1. v. t. To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.
Definition of Sensualize
1. Verb. (transitive) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sensualize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensualize
Literary usage of Sensualize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Samuel Stennett, D.D. ...: Now First Collected Into a Body by Samuel Stennett (1824)
"—An intemperate use of figures tends to sensualize the mind, and deprave the
taste—the misapplication of them gives a false idea of the objects they are ..."
2. The Southern Review (1832)
"... toiling to pay the pageantry of some degenerate noble in Madrid, or to fatten
and sensualize the monks I had seen rolling along the Rambla of Barcelona. ..."
3. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1839)
"In the Sacred Scriptures the phraseology of love is constantly employed in a
manner which has led some weak and ardent minds to sensualize religion itself. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To sensualize, (sen'-shu-a-lize) t>. a. To sink to sensual pleasures ; to degrade
the mind into subjection to the senses. SENSUALLY, (sen'-ahu-al-e) od. ..."
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