ˈcarnalismrare. [f. carnal + -ism.] The practice of what is carnal; sensualism. 1864Times 17 Aug. 6 There is a degree..of carnalism, so to speak, in all this.1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 119 To avoid the Charybdis of carnalism, there is no need to seek the Scylla of Quietism.