'antisensuous' originates from Modern English, formed by the prefix 'anti-' (from Greek 'anti' meaning 'against') combined with 'sensuous' (from Latin 'sensuosus' via Old French/Middle English), where Latin 'sensus' meant 'feeling'.

'antisensuous' was coined in modern English by combining 'anti-' + 'sensuous'. 'Sensuous' itself came into English via Middle English/Old French from Latin 'sensuosus' (from 'sensus'), and the prefix 'anti-' traces to Greek 'anti' meaning 'against'.

Initially, the construction simply meant 'against sensuousness' or 'opposed to sensory pleasures'; over time its use has remained close to that original sense, used especially in aesthetic, moral, or philosophical contexts to denote opposition to sensory appeal.