Meanings
nounsensuality (countable and uncountable, plural sensualities)
plural sensualities
- countableA preoccupation with sensual pleasure.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinsēnsuālitātem
- Middle Frenchsensualité
- Englishsensuality
Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual + -ity.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شَهْوَانِيَّة
- شَهْوَانِيَّة (šahwāniyya)a preoccupation with sensual pleasure
Bulgarian сладострастие
- сладострастие (sladostrastie)the state of being sensual or sensuous
Catalan sensualitat
- sensualitatthe state of being sensual or sensuous
Czech smyslnost
- smyslnostthe state of being sensual or sensuous
Dutch zinnelijkheid
- zinnelijkheidthe state of being sensual or sensuous
Finnish aistillisuus, hekumallisuus
- aistillisuusthe state of being sensual or sensuous
- hekumallisuusa preoccupation with sensual pleasure
French sensualité
- sensualitéthe state of being sensual or sensuous
German Sinnlichkeit, Sinnlichkeit
- Sinnlichkeitthe state of being sensual or sensuous
- Sinnlichkeita preoccupation with sensual pleasure
Persian شهوانیت, نفسانیت
- شهوانیت (šahvâniyyat)a preoccupation with sensual pleasure
- نفسانیت (nafsâniyyat)a preoccupation with sensual pleasure
Polish zmysłowość, cielesność
- zmysłowośćthe state of being sensual or sensuous
- cielesnośća preoccupation with sensual pleasure
- zmysłowośća preoccupation with sensual pleasure
Portuguese sensualidade
- sensualidadethe state of being sensual or sensuous
Romanian senzualitate
- senzualitatethe state of being sensual or sensuous
Russian чувственность, сладостра́стие
- чувственность (čuvstvennostʹ)the state of being sensual or sensuous
- сладостра́стие (sladostrástije)a preoccupation with sensual pleasure
Spanish sensualidad
- sensualidadthe state of being sensual or sensuous
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sensuality
realitybestialitypersonalityhospitalitysexualityconfidentialitymoralitylocalityhomosexualitymentalitypluralitydualitylegalitybrutalitymodalityfatalitygeneralitytotalitycausalityformalitynormalityproportionalitydimensionalitycentrality
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
sensuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensuality
MLA
“sensuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensuality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensuality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensuality.
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