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Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.
Andrew Sullivan

Meaning of "promiscuity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROMISCUITY

promiscuity  [ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROMISCUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Promiscuity 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 PROMISCUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Promiscuity

Promiscuity, in human sexual behaviour, is the practice of having casual sex frequently with different partners or of being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners. The term can carry a moral judgement and is viewed in the context of a mainstream social ideal for sexual activity to occur within exclusive committed relationships. A common example of behavior viewed as promiscuous within the mainstream social ideals of many cultures is a one-night stand. What sexual behavior is considered promiscuous varies between cultures as does the prevalence of promiscuity, with different standards often being applied to different genders and civil status. Feminists have traditionally argued that there is a significant double standard between how men and women are judged for promiscuity. Historically, stereotypes of the promiscuous woman have tended to be negative, such as "the slut", while male stereotypes have been more varied, some expressing approval, such as "the stud" or "the player", while others imply societal deviance, such as "a womanizer".

Definition of promiscuity in the English dictionary

The definition of promiscuity in the dictionary is promiscuous sexual behaviour. Other definition of promiscuity is indiscriminate mingling, mixture, or confusion, as of parts or elements.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROMISCUITY


acuity
əˈkjuːɪtɪ
ambiguity
ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
annuity
əˈnjuːɪtɪ
assiduity
ˌæsɪˈdjuːɪtɪ
circuity
səˈkjuːɪtɪ
conspicuity
ˌkɒnspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ
contiguity
kɒntɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
continuity
ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
discontinuity
dɪsˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
fatuity
fəˈtjuːɪtɪ
fortuity
fɔːˈtjuːɪtɪ
gratuity
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtɪ
hyperacuity
ˌhaɪpərəˈkjuːɪtɪ
ingenuity
ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
innocuity
ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ
innocuousness
ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ
perpetuity
ˌpɜːpɪˈtjuːɪtɪ
perspicuity
ˌpɜːspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ
stereoacuity
ˌstɛrɪəʊæˈkjuːɪtɪ
vacuity
væˈkjuːɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROMISCUITY

prominently
prominentness
promiscuous
promiscuously
promiscuousness
promise
promised
Promised Land
promisee
promiseful
promiseless
promiser
promising
promisingly
promisor
promissive
promissor
promissorily
promissory
promissory note

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROMISCUITY

antiquity
biscuity
congruity
deferred annuity
employment equity
equity
fruity
immediate annuity
in perpetuity
incongruity
inequity
iniquity
life annuity
negative equity
obliquity
private equity
propinquity
superfluity
tenuity
ubiquity

Synonyms and antonyms of promiscuity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROMISCUITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «promiscuity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of promiscuity

Translation of «promiscuity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROMISCUITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

滥交
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

promiscuidad
570 millions of speakers

English

promiscuity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संकीर्णता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاختلاط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

распущенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

promiscuidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাছবিচারহীনভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

promiscuité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergaulan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Promiskuität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乱交
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성행위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pariwara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính lẩn lộn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுக்கமின்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैतिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karışıklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

promiscuità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozwiązłość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розбещеність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

promiscuitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασυδοσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

losbandigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

promiscuity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

promiskuitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of promiscuity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMISCUITY»

The term «promiscuity» is very widely used and occupies the 21.153 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMISCUITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «promiscuity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «promiscuity» 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 promiscuity

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7 QUOTES WITH «PROMISCUITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word promiscuity.
1
Mason Cooley
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
2
Mark Hoppus
Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity.
3
Norman Mailer
Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.
4
Gene Roddenberry
We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get away with - promiscuity, greed, jealousy. None of those have a place in 'Star Trek.'
5
Rick Springfield
The danger in promiscuity is that it's always barking at your heels.
6
Dorothy Stratten
I think I had a more European outlook about the body and sex. The body is in no way dirty, and sex is something beautiful to give to and share with a lover. It has nothing to do with promiscuity, because I only believe in being in love with one man at a time.
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Andrew Sullivan
Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROMISCUITY»

Discover the use of promiscuity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to promiscuity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition
Birkhead reveals a world in which males and females vie with each other as they strive to maximize their reproductive success. Color illustrations.
Tim Birkhead, 2000
2
Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen
In 2002, an amateur Jane Austen scholar, while staying at a Hertfordshire estate, stumbled upon a hidden cache of manuscript pages and made an extraordinary literary discovery - lost scenes from Jane Austen's novels that reveal an ...
Arielle Eckstut, 2004
3
The Promiscuity Papers
This is followed by presentation of a case history.Ines, a woman in her early thirties, enters analysis because she would like to solve the recurring problem of her unsuitable partnerships, in which her partners are predominantly ...
Matjaž Regovec, 2011
4
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity
The story of addiction--not just to sex, but to male attention--Loose Girl is also the story of a young girl who came to believe that boys and men could give her life meaning. It didn't matter who he was.
Kerry Cohen, 2008
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Eyes Wide Open: Avoiding the Heartbreak of Emotional Promiscuity
Like talking to a big sister who’s gone before them, reading Eyes Wide Open will give young people the necessary keys for making decisions about purity, love and romance.
Brienne Murk, 2011
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The golden age of promiscuity
The novel brings to life a night world that no longer exists, a subterranean New York of drugs, dim lights, and strange bare rooms where medieval-seeming acts are performed and intimacy is anonymous.
Brad Gooch, 1996
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The Spectre of Promiscuity: Gay Male and Bisexual ...
Gay Male and Bisexual Non-monogamies and Polyamories Dr Christian Klesse. AIDS discourses. The representation of lesbian sex as being principally safe - even without protective measures - provided the backdrop to a construction of ...
Dr Christian Klesse, 2012
8
The Entrapments of Lust, Promiscuity, Sexual Infidelity and ...
Thoughts + Words + Deeds = Consequences (The Ancient Word Series: The Gospel of Peace) Daily, hourly and minutely, hearts are broken, marriages end in divorce, sexually transmitted diseases are increasing, unwanted pregnancies and abortions ...
Melissa Smith, 2006
9
The Psychology of Shame: Theory and Treatment of Shame-Based ...
Aflect Promiscuity When we examine the phenomenon of sexual addiction in the light of affect dynamics, two prominent factors emerge. First, sexuality also can function as a de-inhibitor of suppressed affect. “For many, the intensity and ...
Gershen Kaufman PhD, 2004
10
Promiscuity, Attractiveness, Fondness for Children, and the ...
Beyond this context-specific case of promiscuity of extra-pair mating, women are also intrinsically motivated to seek multiple sex partners and show considerable inter-individual variability in this trait (Gangestad & Simpson, 1990, 2000; Schmitt  ...
Percy A. Rohde, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROMISCUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term promiscuity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Arent Latinos Taking This Anti-HIV Pill?
Among them is a lack of knowledge about the drug and the stigma attached to sleeping with men or perceived promiscuity. Many Latinos also ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
2
Letter: Is civilization approaching end times?
Sermons on homosexuality, promiscuity, adultery, etc., are buried and tweaked with heretical preaching: "Everyone goes to heaven"--"There is ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
3
Marcotte: Credit Rise in Teen Abstinence to Anything but Abstinence
No, the drop in teen sexual promiscuity must be the work of teen sex websites like Bedsider and Scarleteen, which promote sexual promiscuity. «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
4
Activist couple test gay rights barriers in conservative South Korea
... film director Kim Jho Gwang-soo was warned that his homosexual “disease” would condemn him to a life of loveless, insatiable promiscuity. «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
5
COMMENTARY: Why our laws are not working in the fight against …
While religious groups will condemn the action as promoting sexual promiscuity or drug use; the cold, hard truth is that it happens despite the ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
6
Lauren Forcella's Straight Talk Advice: Gawking men make mom …
... especially beautiful girls, are pushed into sex before they actually want it, leaving permanent scars and driving some to promiscuity as a way ... «Marin Independent Journal, Jul 15»
7
Lafayette Gunman Loaded Once, Fired 15 Times [Video]
Schumer, the star of Trainwreck, plays a writer who lives a life of promiscuity after her father tells her that monogamy is unrealistic. Despite her ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Jul 15»
8
Queensland's oral fixation and promiscuity behind HPV-related …
Queensland's oral fixation and promiscuity behind HPV-related cancer rise. by: Rose Brennan; From: The Courier-Mail; July 27, 2015 12:00AM. Increase Text ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
9
Are you a female movie character? Are you promiscuous? Things …
Amy Schumer in Trainwreck, a film that starts out showing a women happy in her promiscuity, but ends with her giving it up for monogamy with ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Complaint about saucy knickers gets nixed
Duvenage said this encouraged "promiscuity and promotes the notion of taking selfies and distributing these on social media", and that it ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»

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