as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
a rich playboy who was undone by his own carnality
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Recent Examples of carnality
But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
And then there are the satiric quips, the candid carnality, and the love-it-or-leave-it depiction of life in Los Angeles.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
And then there are the satiric quips, the candid carnality, and the love-it-or-leave-it depiction of life in Los Angeles.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnality
Noun
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By November 6th, Venus slips into Scorpio and lights up your daily routine zone with an edge of mystery, sensuality, and craving.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
2 Nov. 2025
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For Trochopoulos, gravitating toward designs evocative of sensuality has always appealed to him.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Just 100 years after the country’s founding, the highest office of the land was rife with corruption and greed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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Our brains evolved to spot danger, not to manage portfolios, and the instincts that once kept us alive now push us towards panic and greed.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Here, Stamp is pitted against a smarmy California counterpart played by another counterculture screen legend — Peter Fonda, of Easy Rider fame — and both men show how much the optimistic hedonism of the ’60s has soured.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Dwarfing like a royal Turkish palace along the glittering shores of Belek—Regnum The Crown is a utopia of hedonism and millennial chic.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Carnality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnality. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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