sybaritism

as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures the billionaire's extravagant parties were marked by a degree of sybaritism not seen since the days of decadent Rome

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Noun
  • The dress included a thigh-high slit for further sensuality.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For Black women, that color has always carried a potent power that signals sensuality, seduction, and even softness.
    Essence, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no tragic backstory here, no traumatic childhood event that turned Murdaugh into a killer, no motivators past greed.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This specific quiet theater of greed, luck, and deceit is likely over.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Sybaritism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sybaritism. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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