libertinism

or lib·er·tin·age

[ lib-er-tee-niz-uhm, -ti- ]

/ ˈlɪb ər tiˌnɪz əm, -tɪ- /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR libertinism ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.

Origin of libertinism

First recorded in 1605–15; libertine + -ism

Words nearby libertinism

libertarian, Libertas, liberté, égalité, fraternité, liberticide, libertine, libertinism, liberty, Liberty Bell, Liberty bodice, Liberty bond, liberty cap

Example sentences from the Web for libertinism

But it is taking an unfair advantage of this alleged necessity of fate to employ it in excuse for our vices and our libertinism.
Theodicy|G. W. Leibniz
Libertinism shrunk from approaching the asylum of so much innocence.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various
We tried it in England, and we had a severe reaction to libertinism.
Nonsenseorship|G. G. Putnam and Others
Libertinism was rare in those thinly-peopled regions from which he came.
The Virginians|William Makepeace Thackeray

The phrase εἴ μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ is, word for word, "if this is not through libertinism" (to give one's self up to libertinism).
My Religion|Leo Tolstoy