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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEMIMONDE

From French, literally: half-world.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEMIMONDE

demimonde  [ˌdɛmɪˈmɒnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEMIMONDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Demimonde is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEMIMONDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Demimonde

Demi-monde refers to a group of people who live hedonistic lifestyles, usually in a flagrant and conspicuous manner. The term was commonly used in Europe from the late 18th to the early 20th century, and contemporary use has an anachronistic character. Its connotations of pleasure-seeking often contrasted with wealth and ruling class behavior. The term was often used as one of disapprobation, the behavior of a person in the demimonde being contrary to more traditional or bourgeois values. Such behaviors often included drinking or drug use, gambling, high spending, and sexual promiscuity. The term demimondaine referred to a woman who embodied these qualities; later it became a euphemism for a courtesan or prostitute. The term 'demi-monde' is French for "half-world". It derives from a comedy by Alexandre Dumas fils published in 1855 called Le Demi-Monde.

Definition of demimonde in the English dictionary

The definition of demimonde in the dictionary is those women considered to be outside respectable society, esp on account of sexual promiscuity. Other definition of demimonde is any social group considered to be not wholly respectable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEMIMONDE


abscond
əbˈskɒnd
beyond
bɪˈjɒnd
blond
blɒnd
blonde
blɒnd
bond
bɒnd
correspond
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd
donned
dɒnd
fond
fɒnd
Fronde
frɒnd
Garamond
ˈɡærəmɒnd
Gond
ɡɒnd
monde
mɒnd
platinum-blonde
ˌplætɪnəmˈblɒnd
pond
pɒnd
respond
rɪˈspɒnd
ronde
rɒnd
seconde
sɪˈkɒnd
sonde
sɒnd
vagabond
ˈvæɡəˌbɒnd
wand
wɒnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEMIMONDE

demies
demigod
demigoddess
demigration
demijohn
demilitarization
demilitarize
demilitarized zone
demilune
demimondaine
demineralisation
demineralise
demineraliser
demineralization
demineralize
demineralizer
demipique
Demirel
demirelief
demirep

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEMIMONDE

beau monde
bottle blonde
dropsonde
electrosonde
endoradiosonde
Gironde
haut monde
ionosonde
Ormonde
peroxide blonde
platinum blonde
radiosonde
rawinsonde
strawberry blonde
tout le monde

Synonyms and antonyms of demimonde in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «demimonde» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEMIMONDE

Find out the translation of demimonde to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of demimonde from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «demimonde» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

demimonde
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

demimonde
570 millions of speakers

English

demimonde
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

demimonde
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

demimonde
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полусвета
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

demimonde
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

demimonde
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi-monde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Demimonde
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halbwelt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

demimonde
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화류계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Demimonde
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

demimonde
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுக்கக் குறைவான பெண்டிர் வகுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिमिमॉन्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şüpheli kadınlar sınıfı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

demi-monde
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

półświatka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

півсвіту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asazisa lume
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποκόσμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

demimonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

demimonde
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

demimonde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of demimonde

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEMIMONDE»

The term «demimonde» is regularly used and occupies the 79.498 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEMIMONDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «demimonde» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «demimonde» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about demimonde

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMIMONDE»

Discover the use of demimonde in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to demimonde and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Demimonde Without and Within: The Shifting Contours of ...
On a psychological level, the texts examined in this dissertation will testify to the fact that the demimonde, often thought of as a place of pathology more than health, can at times through its very pathological representations press into ...
Cynthia Marie Gralla, 2006
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Doris Kloster's Demimonde: A Visual Exploration of Fetish
This shockingly naughty collection of previously unpublished color, duotone, and black-and-white photographs by one of the world's leading fetish photographers features dominatrixes and their slaves in full costume, providing an ...
‎2002
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The Demimonde in Japanese Literature: Sexuality and the ...
This book analyzes representations of the demimonde in Japanese literature and other arts from the beginning of the twentieth century to the early 1990s, through fiction, critical essays, films, photographs, and performances by Nagai Kafu, ...
Cynthia Gralla, 2010
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Demimonde: The Other Story
A historical novel set within the first century C.E. Follow the lives of some of the ancient characters mentioned in the New Testament.
Marla J. Selvidge, 2013
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Blood Rush: Book Two of the Demimonde
Sophie doesn't believe in happily ever after.
Ash Krafton, 2013
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Demimonde
Sex, drugs, and theological schisms....Demimonde is the story of Brandon Arthur, a freelance industrial designer whose introduction to a glitzy, invisible subculture precedes a holy war that tears this secret society asunder.
Justin Achilli, 2008
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The Best Words
demimonde. (DEM-ee-mond) noun 1. a class of women supported by wealthy lovers. 2. the world of prostitution. 3. any group on the fringes of society regarded as not wholly respectable. Horace and the elegiac poets present a society much  ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Demimonde
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Demi-monde refers to a group of people who live hedonistic lifestyles, usually in a flagrant and conspicuous manner.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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"It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of ...
Some used their earnings to accumulate wealth. In the 1880s a madam, Josephine Hensley, or "Chicago Jo," came to control the Helena demimonde. She owned most of the property in the tenderloin district of saloons and brothels. But in the ...
Richard White, 1991
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Doris Kloster's Demimonde: A Visual Exploration of Fetish
This haunting work by one of the world's leading fetish photographers reveals the secret real-life underground of dominance and submission.
Doris Kloster, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEMIMONDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term demimonde is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mobile Game Penny Dreadful: Demimonde Coming Soon; Watch …
The new game, called Penny Dreadful: Demimonde, will allow fans of the show to engage with their favorite characters and content from the ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»
2
Best Years Ever: With gay frontman Olly Alexander, Years & Years …
He's fully fluent in the language of the outré East London gay demimonde, which is populated by endless fashion superstars who have ... «Out Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Dead-Cinch Thrillers: 4 Books To Get Your Heart Pounding
Julia finds herself drawn into this online demimonde and discovers that simply pressing the delete key can't erase her own desire once ... «WAMC, Jul 15»
4
The GOP's pathetic crybaby agenda: Trump, Scalia and the whiny …
But the problem isn't confined to the dark demimonde of far right hate groups. Young white males are dropping out of college, high school and ... «Salon, Jul 15»
5
Hannibal Episode 3.5 Recap
With Will and Chiyo trapped in a weird demimonde between reality and Hannibal's memory palace, it therefore makes sense that their final ... «DorkShelf.com, Jul 15»
6
The Making of the Modern Stoner
... Thompson of his age — an iconoclastic tour-guide of the demimonde — shortly after stumbling upon the latest craze in street narcotics. «Vulture, Jun 15»
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Peter Saville: “I never had to answer to anyone”
Roxy Music introduced me to the idea that somewhere out there was something called a demimonde, what history books referred to as a café ... «Kashmir Images, Jun 15»
8
Sex and drugs and toothbrush fights
But venture beyond and you find the strange demimonde that does not feature on the BBC. After a long night touring Worthy Farm I arrive back ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
9
Rock Reads: A Summer Guide For The Rock & Roll Literate
... legacy as New York City's demimonde poet laureate, the East Coast Charles Bukowski of the seedy, seductive and dangerous underground. «Aquarian Weekly, Jun 15»
10
The real woman behind classic opera La Traviata
Duplessis was queen of what the French called the demimonde, a glamorous but disreputable underground of bohemians, playboys, kept ... «Radio Times, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Demimonde [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/demimonde>. May 2024 ».
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