Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.
官能主義 (かんのうしゅぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
sensualism ; sensualist philosophy
Refers to a philosophical or artistic stance that emphasizes sensory experience and pleasure as the highest good or primary source of knowledge. Often used in discussions of aesthetics, literature, and ethics.
能のう
主しゅ
義ぎ
は
、
感かん
覚かく
的てき
な
喜よろこ
び
を
人じん
生せい
の
目もく
的てき
と
見み
なす
思し
想そう
だ
。
Sensualism is a philosophy that regards sensory pleasure as the purpose of life.
Kanji 官 bureaucrat, the government, organ 義 righteousness, justice, morality Similar words 快かい 楽らく 主しゅ 義ぎ 快楽主義 (hedonism) focuses on pleasure as the ultimate good, while 官能主義 specifically emphasizes sensory and aesthetic pleasure, often with an artistic or philosophical nuance.
官かん 能のう 官能 means 'senses' or 'sensuality' as a noun; 官能主義 is the doctrine or -ism built upon that concept.
Etymology Compound of 官能 (senses, sensuality) and 主義 (-ism, doctrine). The term is a direct calque of Western philosophical 'sensualism', likely coined during the Meiji era when many abstract -isms were introduced into Japanese.
