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adulterousness

adulterousness

9.6
The act of a married person having sex with someone who is not their spouse
  • noun
  • /əˈdʌltərəsnəs/
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translation icon : adulterio
  • His adulterousness led to the end of their marriage.

Examples

  • She chose to confront her husband about his adulterousness instead of ignoring the signs.

  • Publicly, he condemned adulterousness while privately engaging in such behavior himself.

  • He was unconcerned by the adulterousness of his actions, seeing them as routine.

  • Her novel explores the adulterousness that permeated upper-class society in the 19th century.

  • The adulterousness of the affair shocked everyone in the community.

  • His adulterousness ultimately caused immense heartache for everyone involved.

  • The adulterousness displayed by the couple was a subject of scandal among their peers.

Synonyms

affair
vsadulterousness
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837 4.4

A secret sexual relationship often involving a married person and someone else

is a broader term for the general state of having such sexual relations
adultery
vsadulterousness
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113 5.9

Sex between a married person and someone who is not their husband or wife

is the general state or quality of engaging in those sexual acts

Antonyms

fidelity
35 4.9

Loyalty to a person, promise, or duty

How Faithful

faithfulness
14 2.0
adulterousness
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9.6
adultery
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113 5.9
infidelity
79 6.9

Surface Forms

adulterousness singular
adulterousnesses plural

Morphology

adulterousness = adulterous (transparent) = adultery + ous + ness

The immediate step is a standard nominalization of the adjective 'adulterous' using '-ness', yielding 'the state of being adulterous'.

Etymology

Adulterousness comes from the Latin adulterare, which means 'to make impure' and gave us English words like adultery and adulterate. So, adulterousness is the idea of making a marriage 'impure' by being unfaithful to one's husband or wife.