carnality

carnality

English

Etymology

carnal +‎ -ity

Noun

carnality (countable and uncountable, plural carnalities)

1. The state of being carnal.
2. A preoccupation with sexual desire.

Translations

state of being carnal

Bulgarian: чувственост (bg) f (čuvstvenost), плътско желание (plǎtsko želanie) Irish: collaíocht f

Swedish: köttslighet

preoccupation with sexual desire

Quotations

• 1835 Robert Crawford Dillon – Lectures on some of the articles of faith of the Church of England

  The essence of depravity, as we inherit it from Adam, and discover it in ourselves, is carnality, a state of mind which our Article describes by the word "Phronema sarkos", . . .