promiscuity
English
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Etymology
[edit]FromFrenchpromiscuité.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK)IPA(key):/ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/,/ˌpɹəʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
- (US)IPA(key):/ˌpɹɑm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/,/ˌpɹoʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
Noun
[edit]promiscuity(countableanduncountable,pluralpromiscuities)
- The state or quality of beingpromiscuous.
- Indiscriminateness in the choice of sexual partners.
- 1963,Albert Ellis,The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Manhunting,page129:
- Experimental variety or what Rey Anthony has called selectivepromiscuity- is the cornerstone of sane sexual choice.
- 1975March 17, Marian Christy, “Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty”, inThe Lebanon Daily News:
- I'm not advocating sexualpromiscuitybut I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage
- 1979,J.G. Ballard,The Unlimited Dream Company,chapter 24:
- Seeing these happy pairings, I thought of the cheerfulpromiscuityto come. I felt a growing sexual need, not only for the young women brushing against me in the crowded street...
- 1998May 14, James Dobson, “Self-worth based on beauty can wither as women age”, inThe Woodfield County Journal:
- As she becomes more conscious of her flirtatious power, she is sometimes urged towardpromiscuity.
- (dated,literary)State of being mixed, composed of diverse elements, unsystematic;heterogeneity.
- 1919,W[illiam] Somerset Maugham,“chapter 34”,inThe Moon and Sixpence,[New York, N.Y.]:Grosset & Dunlap Publishers[…],→OCLC:
- While I dressed—for Stroeve wished me to go at once with him to the hospital—he told me that he had arranged for his wife to have a private room, so that she might at least be spared the sordidpromiscuityof a ward.
Translations
[edit]state or quality of being promiscuous
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