panderismn.
/ˈpand(ə)rɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpændəˌrɪz(ə)m/ The practice or occupation of a pander; pimping; procuration.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > ministering to baseness
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring
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1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. D2v Suffering their lines, To flatter these times, With Pandarisme base.
1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 24 He should excel even Pandarus himself, and go nine mile beyond him in pandarism.
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 2nd Pt. i. sig. C2v T' impose on me The hatefull stile and blot of pandarisme, That am a Gentleman.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. viii. 112 Perjury, Oppression, Subornation, Fraud, Pandarism.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. ix. vii. 440 Lemos managed that intrigue by the pandarism of signor de Santillane.
1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 453 His paid panderism to the vilest passions of that mob.
1865 J. A. Symonds in Life (1895) i. 324 Unpardonable panderism no less odious than Latin Priapics.
1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Apr. 121/3 To come upon a free translation of Per correr miglior aqua at the beginning of the second book (as introduction to the more successful stage of Pandarism) makes one smile.
1985 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Mar. 335/4 Some voyeuristic joys and some refinements of pandarism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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