| 释义 |
varietist, n.|vəˈraɪɪtɪst|
[f. variety + -ist.]
One who chooses variety, esp. in the satisfaction of (sexual) desires; also attrib. or as adj. Hence vaˈrietism, the practice or result of such choices.
1911G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. 153 The reassurance that man is not promiscuous in his fancies must not blind us to the fact that he is (to use the word coined by certain American writers to describe themselves) some⁓thing of a Varietist. 1925T. Dreiser Amer. Tragedy I. i. xiii. 101 So captivated was he by this savor of sensuality and varietism that was about her. 1968Ann. Amer. Acad. Pol. & Social Sci. July 65/2 Some sexual varietists..believe that they need plural sex-love affairs. Ibid., Such individuals manage to have their varietist inclinations fulfilled. Ibid. (heading) Sexual varietism. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Sept. 26/2 ‘Free love’ never meant libertinism..but quite simply that there should be no coercion in sexual relationships... There were ‘exclusivists’ and ‘varietists’. |