Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being promiscuous, or of being mixed without selection, order, or distinction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being promiscuous.
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- noun The state or condition of being
promiscuous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
Etymologies
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Examples
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The free market is a revolutionary, anti-family idea used to justify the legitimisation of abortion, drug use, pornography, sexual promiscuousness, every kind of personal irresponsibility including abandonment of marital responsibilities and even criminal behaviour.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The same promiscuousness, and yet more unprecedented, exists between the things of the intelligence and the facts of substance.
Les Miserables 2008
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Fantine was laid in the shade, among the first bones that came to hand; she was subjected to the promiscuousness of ashes.
Les Miserables 2008
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The free market is a revolutionary, anti-family idea used to justify the legitimisation of abortion, drug use, pornography, sexual promiscuousness, every kind of personal irresponsibility including abandonment of marital responsibilities and even criminal behaviour.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The traits the character has accumulated since that point, however--aggression, ambition, promiscuousness, self-loathing--were predictable almost from the first moment of her introduction, and if Katee Sackhoff's not-inconsiderable charisma and talent were enough to give the character depth and appeal, they weren't up to the task of making Starbuck any less of a stereotype.
This is Not the Post You're Looking For and Other "Maelstrom" Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2007
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I remember reading a statement she made in which she boasted of her promiscuousness.
Think Progress » Coulter on Murtha: He Longs “To See U.S. Troops Shot, Humiliated” 2005
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It includes moral norms like anti-adultery, polygamy, orgies, pornography & promiscuousness.
"So Kerry's ridiculous elitism, burbling out of him as if he lives, as I suspect, entirely on a diet of lentils and club soda..." Ann Althouse 2006
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And he explained her precarious situation too, that she was envied and spied on because her brother was fond of her and that many considered her tainted with her mother's promiscuousness and conniving, hoped to use that to make her father reject her.
Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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His mind was working coldly, dispassionately, without rancor, but with contempt for the weakness and promiscuousness of his father.
Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966
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It is from the promiscuousness of all these breeds that has arisen our ordinary modern dog.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various
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