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View usage for: promiscuity in British English (ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪtɪ) noun1. promiscuous sexual behaviour 2. indiscriminate mingling, mixture, or confusion, as of parts or elements promiscuity in American English (ˌprɑmɪˈskjuəti; ˌ proʊmɪˈskjuəti) nounWord forms: plural ˌpromisˈcuities state, quality, or instance of being promiscuous, esp. in sexual relations Examples of 'promiscuity' in a sentencepromiscuity But the argument that vaccination will encourage promiscuity in the young is spurious.We could be looking at the end of a long period of rampant fashion promiscuity.Parents and health campaigners are furious, saying it encourages promiscuity.She talks to doctors and parents about the risks, finding that a number object to the jab and fear it will promote promiscuity. Synonyms of 'promiscuity'licentiousness, profligacy, sleeping around, permissiveness More Synonyms of promiscuity the health dangers associated with promiscuity Synonyms sleeping around (informal) permissiveness abandon incontinence laxity looseness amorality laxness wantonness libertinism promiscuousness Additional synonymsDefinition excessive drunkenness or sexual activity The police were called to quell scenes of violence and debauchery. Synonyms depravity, excess, lust, revel, indulgence, orgy, incontinence, gluttony, dissipation, licentiousness, intemperance, overindulgence, lewdness, dissoluteness, carousal Definition moral corruption the absolute depravity that can exist in times of war Synonyms corruption, vice, evil, criminality, wickedness, immorality, iniquity, profligacy, debauchery, viciousness, degeneracy, sinfulness, debasement, turpitude (formal), baseness, depravation, vitiationDefinition unrestrained indulgence in physical pleasures Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation. Synonyms debauchery, excess, indulgence, abandonment, drunkenness, profligacy, intemperance, wantonness, dissoluteness Nearby words ofpromiscuity - promenade
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Additional synonymsa reflection of our society's immorality Synonyms wickedness, wrong, vice, evil, corruption, sin, depravity, iniquity, debauchery, badness, licentiousness, turpitude (formal), dissoluteness His lechery made him the enemy of every father in the country. Synonyms lustfulness, lust, licentiousness, salaciousness, sensuality, profligacy, debauchery, prurience, womanizing, carnality, lewdness, wantonness, lasciviousness, libertinism, concupiscence, randiness (informal, British), leching (informal), rakishness, lubricity (literary), libidinousness, lecherousness stories of sexual profligacy and underworld connections Synonyms immorality, depravity, debauchery, abandon, corruption, promiscuity, laxity, dissipation, degeneracy, licentiousness, wantonness, libertinism, dissoluteness, unrestraint |