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promiscuity

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prom·is·cu·i·ty  (prm-sky-t, prm-)
n. pl. prom·is·cu·i·ties
1. The state or character of being promiscuous.
2. Promiscuous sexual relations.
3. A mixture of diverse or unrelated parts or individuals; a hodgepodge.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.promiscuity - indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"
one-night stand - a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night; "he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands"

promiscuity
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promiscuity [prɔmɪsˈkjuːɪtɪ] npromiscuidad f
promiscuity [prɔmɪsˈkjuːɪtɪ] n (sexual) → légèreté f de mœurs
promiscuity [prɔmɪsˈkjuːɪtɪ] nPromiskuität f
promiscuity [prɔmɪsˈkjuːɪtɪ] n (sexual) → rapporti mpl multipli


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I do not believe that there was in that genteel Bohemia an intensive culture of chastity, but I do not remember so crude a promiscuity as seems to be practised in the present day.
Philip was now more comfortable, for space was so limited that there were only studies for boys in the upper school, and till then he had lived in the great hall in which they all ate and in which the lower forms did preparation in a promiscuity which was vaguely distasteful to him.
American promiscuity, goodness knew, had been strange to him, but it was nothing to the queerness of American criticism.
 
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