promiscuity
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- noun
- /ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪti/
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promiscuidad
- The rumors of my promiscuity have been greatly exaggerated.
- sexual promiscuity
- heterosexual promiscuity
- pattern of promiscuity
And clearly if you break our rules about promiscuity, you and your child may starve.
- And clearly if you break our rules about promiscuity, you and your child may starve.
- So you can't counteract an accusation of promiscuity.
- There literally is no way they're going to get involved, nor will they get involved in crime or promiscuity.
- It's like the church has had a problem of, like you said, demonizing gays, demonizing, you know, promiscuity, right?
- Are we going to retreat from all of the promiscuity, the dating apps and all of that, or our AI girlfriends and sex robots going to take over?
Examples
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Sexual promiscuity, widespread abortion... birth control, test-tube babies... genetic engineering.
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You know, she's got a little problem with promiscuity.
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I see a decline in drugs and promiscuity.
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Later... ...in high school, we had some problems... ...with marijuana, and staying out all night and... ...there was a period of promiscuity.
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It's the promiscuity factor that makes it harder to hammer it down.
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The glamorization of violence and promiscuity pervades all of American popular culture today.
Academic text (1996) -
For example, many heterosexuals may equate bisexuality with sexual promiscuity or nonmonogamy.
Academic text (2002) -
Kerry Cohen is the author of Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, as well as three young-adult novels.
Academic text (2010) -
"Come to Aspen Meadow," intoned Marla's husky voice, "the promiscuity capital of the western United States."
Fiction book (1993) -
Many social attitudes towards promiscuity have changed over the last few decades, making it more accepted in some cultures.
Synonyms
A habit where a person has sex with many casual partners without commitment
A state of being seen as having sex with many people
Antonyms
How Promiscuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
promiscuity = promiscuous (transparent) = promiscu + ity
The noun 'promiscuity' is transparently derived from the adjective 'promiscuous' by adding the suffix '-ity', indicating a state or quality.
Etymology
Promiscuity comes from the Latin promiscuus, meaning 'mixed' or 'without distinction', and it shares the same idea as the English word mix. So, promiscuity today describes the practice of 'mixing' many casual sexual partners, often without a steady commitment.