Sensate
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"The assumption that 20th century cultures will continue to be increasingly "sensate" - a term coined by the late Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin, and defined by Kahn and Wiener as "empirical, this-worldly, secular, humanistic, pragmatic, utilitarian, contractual, epicurean or hedonistic, and the like."" --A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural, Peter L. Berber, 1969 |
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- Perceived by one or more of the senses.
- Having the ability to sense things physically.
- Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
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