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[ prom-i-skyoo-i-tee, proh-mi- ] / ˌprɒm ɪˈskyu ɪ ti, ˌproʊ mɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR promiscuity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural prom·is·cu·i·ties for 3. the state of being promiscuous. promiscuous sexual behavior. an indiscriminate mixture. Origin of promiscuity1840–50; promiscu(ous) + -ity; compare French promiscuité OTHER WORDS FROM promiscuityhy·per·prom·is·cu·i·ty, nounWords nearby promiscuitypromilitary, prominence, prominent, prominent heel, prominent moth, promiscuity, promiscuous, promise, Promised Land, promisee, promising Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for promiscuityThe dissatisfaction likely does not result from promiscuity, but from a lack of understanding of intimacy. Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual Pleasure|David Masciotra|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was lot of promiscuity in my family, but everyone was pretending that they were pious and perfect. Why Whitney Cummings’ Dick Jokes Are Important|Kevin Fallon|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It sounds like a scenario straight out of a Monday morning high school hallway following a weekend of partying and promiscuity. Slut-Shaming Gets the YA Treatment in ‘The Truth About Alice’|Erin Cunningham|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST And new forms of contraception are still condemned as “promiscuity pills.” What Do Threats To Roe V. Wade And Domestic Violence Have In Common? Patriarchy.|Sally Kohn|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And shame on Tiger, for another kind of promiscuity—the licentious use of his father. The Psychological Strategy of the Tiger Ad and Why It Will Backfire|Adam Hanft|April 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST Promiscuity in London is a well-recognized fact, but a serious love-affair is quite a different thing. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard I have now to show how far this rejection of promiscuity affects our position with regard to mother-descent and mother-right. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society|C. Gasquoine Hartley It is manifest that mother-descent has no connection with a period of promiscuity. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society|C. Gasquoine Hartley Accordingly, the idea was again adopted that, anteceding marriage, there was an original state of promiscuity. Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt There were tribes of savages and even of barbarians known to the Greeks and Romans who are represented as living in promiscuity. Ancient Society|Lewis Henry Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for promiscuity
nounpromiscuous sexual behaviour indiscriminate mingling, mixture, or confusion, as of parts or elements Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to promiscuitylewdness, looseness, indiscrimination |