luxuria
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- noun
- /lʌkˈzʊəriə/
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- Many stories caution against luxuria, illustrating how self-indulgent cravings can lead to moral decay.
Examples
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Affection for one's wife might find a niche within the hierarchy of virtues that lead to the love of God, but St. Thomas would have been baffled by Dante's obsessive need for Beatrice, and he could very well have considered it a subtle form of "luxuria," the excessive attachment to worldly goods of a sexual nature.
Academic text (2018) -
In Christian tradition, luxuria represents excessive sexual desire, often seen as one of the seven deadly sins.
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The first is indulgence or luxury luxuria, and the second is greed, avaritzia.
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On the left, charged with the greater number of sins, females attack their traditional nemeses: pride, envy, gluttony, and lust (superbia, invidia, gula, and luxuria).
Academic text (2011) -
The protagonist's downfall was largely due to his luxuria, leading him to make reckless choices in his relationships.
Synonyms
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A very strong sexual desire that people see as wrong
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Too much drinking and sex for pleasure
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Strong desire for sex and actions that offend other people
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A strong desire to have sex with someone
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A strong, uncontrolled sexual desire
Strong sexual desire shown in an inappropriate way
A life of too much drinking, sex, and other wrong behavior
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word luxuria comes from the Latin luxus, meaning 'excess' or 'extravagance', and it is the root of English luxury. That's why luxuria came to mean excessive sexual desire in Christian teaching and describes having 'too much' pleasure.