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Sensualist vs Sapiosexual - What's the difference?

sensualist | sapiosexual |

As nouns the difference between sensualist and sapiosexual

is that sensualist is a person who believes in enjoying sensuality and the experience of pleasant sensations while sapiosexual is a person sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.

As an adjective sapiosexual is

attracted to intelligence or the human mind.

sensualist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who believes in enjoying sensuality and the experience of pleasant sensations.
  • One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * sensation * sense * sensual * sensualism * sensuality

    sapiosexual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
  • * 2012 , Ricardo F. Lo, " Sexy Talk with Mikey Bustos", The Philippine Star , 18 January 2012:
    • “Brains + Beauty, and brains first… I’m rather sapiosexual .”
  • * 2012 , Carolina Montejo, " Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay", Vangardist , May 2012, page 128:
    • Now, I know that the subject here is sexual arousal, but since I've already mentioned Plato and he is so relevant to the subject of Eros – and was probably sapiosexual himself — I think it's worth stepping briefly into the realm of philosophy.
  • * 2013', Sunayana Suresh, " Are women attracted to the '''sapiosexual men?", ''The Times of India , 28 May 2013 (used in title only)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2005, date=20 October, author=
    • CatDeville [username], title=Re: Struggling with the details sapiosexuals - people who lust after intellect first), but it's the *brain* you aim for, the intellect, to turn us on, not our genitals.}}'>citation
  • * 2012 , Cara C. MacInnis & Gordon Hodson, " Intergroup bias toward 'Group X': Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals", Group Processes & Intergroup Relations , 24 April 2012:
    • In Study 2 we tapped attitudes toward a largely unknown sexual orientation group, sapiosexuals (those sexually attracted to the human mind).
    Participants indicated their familiarity with heterosexuals, homosexuals, bisexuals, asexuals, and sapiosexuals
  • * 2012 , Carolina Montejo, " Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay", Vangardist , May 2012, page 126:
    • So, what attracts you? What turns you on? You decide on abstract thought, clever humour and insight. You're a sapiosexual .
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    • See also

    * * sapioromantic