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carnality

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car·nal  (kärnl)
adj.
1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites: carnal desire.
2. Worldly or earthly; temporal: the carnal world.
3. Of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily: carnal remains.
[Middle English, from Old North French carnel, from Latin carnlis, from Latin car, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
car·nali·ty (kär-nl-t) n.
carnal·ly adv.
carnalism, carnality
the practice of finding satisfaction in activities related to fleshly desires and appetites, especially the sexual. — carnal, adj.
See also: Sex
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.carnality - feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience, pruriency
amativeness, sexiness, amorousness, eroticism, erotism - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire


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