licentiousness
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9.9
- noun
- /laɪˈsɛnʃəsnəs/
- NSFW
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licenciosidad
- Many people believe that unchecked licentiousness leads to a breakdown of societal values.
It's like, well, licentiousness breeds tyranny.
- It's like, well, licentiousness breeds tyranny.
Examples
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All societies established the institution of marriage as the first religious custom to check licentiousness and to ensure a clear or "certain" relationship of the father to his offspring.
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It's like, well, licentiousness breeds tyranny.
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Licentiousness is made a show.
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Or should we call it poetic licentiousness?
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We're here to discover heresy and criminal licentiousness.
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And purge this Godless land of the poisons of sin and licentiousness.
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When the older-brother king learns of his wife's infidelity, he laments the licentiousness of women in his kingdom:
Blog text (18) -
Licentiousness, debauchery, pollution, loathsome disease, insanity from dissipation, misery, poverty, wealth, profanity, blasphemy, and death are there.
Academic text (2003) -
The overlap is notable; both populations were prone to mirth and jollity, licentiousness, revenge, malice, pride, worldliness, and neglecting worship.
Academic text (2003) -
The community criticized the film for its portrayal of licentiousness that glorifies immoral behavior.
Synonyms
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9.6
Strong desire for sex and actions that offend other people
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8.5
A life of too much sex and drinking
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7.0
Sex between people that many groups or religions call wrong
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9.9
A strong sexual desire that many people find offensive
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9.9
A way of living that seeks pleasure and ignores moral rules, often showing sexual freedom
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8.9
A life of too much pleasure that wastes money and harms health
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9.9
Sexual behaviour that many people find rude
A lifestyle with little moral or sexual control
Strong sexual desire shown in an inappropriate way
A strong desire to have sex
A lack of moral restraint shown by sexual or improper behavior
Antonyms
How Licentious
- Formal
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8.8
- Formal
- NSFW
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9.9
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8.3
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6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
licentiousness = licentious (transparent) = licent + ous + ness
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'licentious' using the productive suffix '-ness' to indicate the state or quality.
Etymology
Licentiousness comes from the Latin word licentia, meaning 'freedom' or 'permission', and it shares the same root as the English word license. So licentiousness means having too much freedom without moral rules, especially in sexual behavior.