sensualist

[ sen-shoo-uh-list ]

/ ˈsɛn ʃu ə lɪst /

a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.

a person who holds the doctrine of sensationalism.

Origin of sensualist

First recorded in 1655–65; sensual + -ist

sen·su·al·is·tic, adjective non·sen·su·al·is·tic, adjective un·sen·su·al·is·tic, adjective

Fitzgerald was a romantic but not a sensualist, a limitation in his writing he acknowledged.

The Great Gatsby: Book Versus Movie |Jon Reiner |May 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Here is what I always loved about him: he was contemplative, playful, curious, generous, and a sensualist with style.

Larry Sultan's California Dreams |Philip Gefter |December 17, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Mr. Spokesly was no sensualist in the strict meaning of the word.

Command |William McFee
It appeared, then, that I too was a sensualist, in my temperate and fastidious way.

The Professor |(AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell

The fellow was a sensualist, but he had some advantage in view, and she had already suspected what it was.

The Coast of Adventure |Harold Bindloss
Then shall we learn to despise the low aims and contracted views of the sensualist, the demagogue, and the worldling.

The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences |Edward Hitchcock
This Barrre was a sensualist, a crafty orator, a sort of eel which in danger turned into a snake.

The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) |Moncure Daniel Conway