looseness
- noun
- /ˈluːs.nəs/
- Offensive
:
licenciosidad
- Despite her cosmopolitanism, Elaine had never before lived abroad, and for her, England, amazingly from Hasting's perspective, was a place of looseness.
Examples
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"Their attitude is that although Poland may have joined the EU, they will have none of the EU's "loose" attitudes toward sex; and sexual minorities are now positioned as a symbol of this "looseness."
Academic text (2006) -
Look at where all the looseness has gotten the culture.
Blog text (24) -
Several of the teachers, however, expressed great concern that the performers were encouraging a looseness in behavior that ran counter to what they felt was proper behavior when attending artistic events.
Academic text (2001) -
The Hayekian free banking camp essentially agrees with you about some kind of NGDP trend criterion for loose/tight money, and that's the framework in which I'm arguing for looseness in the 1920s.
Blog text (34) -
Some critics argue that the looseness in modern films promotes immoral behavior among young audiences.
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The novelist's work was criticized for its looseness, suggesting a lack of moral restraint in its themes.
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In discussions about societal values, many believe that the current looseness leads to a decline in traditional morals.
Synonyms
18
9.1
Too much drinking and sex for pleasure
2
9.9
A lack of moral control over sexual behavior
2
8.5
A life of too much sex and drinking
1
8.9
A life of too much pleasure that wastes money and harms health
Open sexual behavior that many people see as morally wrong
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Frequent watery bowel movements that happen when you are ill
How Moral
- NSFW
12
6.3
- Offensive
23
6.3
- NSFW
2
9.9
- Formal
25
8.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Looseness is formed from loose and -ness, where loose once meant 'free' or 'not held tight'. A helpful way to remember the old, dated sense is to think of being 'not held tight' by rules, so looseness came to mean a lack of moral restraint or self-control.