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The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.
Loretta Devine

Meaning of "promiscuous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROMISCUOUS

From Latin prōmiscuus indiscriminate, from pro-1 + miscēre to mix.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROMISCUOUS

promiscuous  [prəˈmɪskjʊəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROMISCUOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Promiscuous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROMISCUOUS 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 promiscuous in the English dictionary

The first definition of promiscuous in the dictionary is indulging in casual and indiscriminate sexual relationships. Other definition of promiscuous is consisting of a number of dissimilar parts or elements mingled in a confused or indiscriminate manner. Promiscuous is also indiscriminate in selection.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROMISCUOUS


ambiguous
æmˈbɪɡjʊəs
arduous
ˈɑːdjʊəs
conspicuous
kənˈspɪkjʊəs
contiguous
kənˈtɪɡjʊəs
continuous
kənˈtɪnjʊəs
deciduous
dɪˈsɪdjʊəs
discontinuous
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəs
inconspicuous
ˌɪnkənˈspɪkjʊəs
innocuous
ɪˈnɒkjʊəs
nocuous
ˈnɒkjʊəs
perspicuous
pəˈspɪkjʊəs
sensuous
ˈsɛnsjʊəs
strenuous
ˈstrɛnjʊəs
sumptuous
ˈsʌmptjʊəs
tenuous
ˈtɛnjʊəs
transpicuous
trænˈspɪkjʊəs
tumultuous
tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs
unambiguous
ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjʊəs
vacuous
ˈvækjʊəs
voluptuous
vəˈlʌptjʊəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROMISCUOUS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROMISCUOUS

assiduous
congruous
contemptuous
discontiguous
disingenuous
exiguous
impetuous
incestuous
incongruous
infructuous
ingenuous
mellifluous
noncontiguous
presumptuous
sinuous
superfluous
tempestuous
tortuous
unctuous
virtuous

Synonyms and antonyms of promiscuous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROMISCUOUS»

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

Translation of «promiscuous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROMISCUOUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

淫乱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

promiscua
570 millions of speakers

English

promiscuous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनेक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منحل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беспорядочные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

promíscuo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এলোমেলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rambang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

promiskuitiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無差別
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

난잡한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Promiscuous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lộn xộn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரைமுறையற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karışık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

promiscuo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozwiązła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безладні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

promiscuu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιπόλαιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

losbandige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

promiskuös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

promiskuøse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of promiscuous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMISCUOUS»

The term «promiscuous» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.329 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMISCUOUS» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «PROMISCUOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word promiscuous.
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Geraldine Brooks
It is my great good luck the words I use are English words, which means I live in a very old nation of open borders; a rich, deep, multi-layered, promiscuous universe, infused with Latin, German, French, Greek, Arabic and countless other tongues.
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Loretta Devine
The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROMISCUOUS»

Discover the use of promiscuous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to promiscuous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Promiscuous
But Deandra won't be giving up that easily. The battle is on--and sex will be the ultimate weapon. . . R. Moreen Clarke lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and made her Aphrodisia debut with Quench My Thirst.
R. Moreen Clarke, 2008
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Promiscuous: "Portnoy's Complaint" and Our Doomed Pursuit of ...
An in-depth look at Phillip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint examines his own writings, teaching notes and personal interviews about the novel, the Jewish community's outrage over the book, Roth's critique of psychoanalysis within its pages and ...
Bernard Avishai, 2012
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Promiscuous Love: Poems 1992-2006
Written spontaneously over a fourteen-year period, the collection of poetry in Promiscuous Love displays a young artist's coming-of-age."I don't know how you can write so well without being able to hear.
Ann Lezotte, 2006
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Challenging Casanova: Beyond the Stereotype of the ...
Ultimately, this book challenges us—as parents, teachers, and a society—to rethink our beliefs about boys and to use the tools Dr. Smiler provides for positively influencing the sexual lives of young men." —Will Courtenay, PhD, LCSW, ...
Andrew P. Smiler, PhD, 2012
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The Trail of A Promiscuous Spouse
In fact Samantha was convinced that her husband Tito, as she preferred calling him was having an affair with the pretty housemaid.
Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu, 2012
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Promiscuous plasmids of gram-negative bacteria
Aimed at postgraduate and postdoctoral scientists, this is the first book devoted to the fundamental biology and appplications of broad host range plasmids belonging to groups P, Q, N, and W, which are extensively exploited for in vivo and ...
Christopher M. Thomas, 1989
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Promiscuous Unbound
Over the course of her musings, Vivienne comes to understand one thing: sex is her refuge, a notion oddly reaffirmed by the stories Sonia begins to bring her about a new patient, an innocent refugee from the Kosovo crisis who had tried to ...
Bex Brian, 2007
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Psychotherapy and the Promiscuous Patient
E Mark Stern. to analyzing the narrative structure of the self. When, for example, somebody tells about his past sports achievements and later on shifts the subject to his plan to write a book, this shift represents only a difference on the manifest ...
E Mark Stern, 2014
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Exploring the Mechanisms Used by Promiscuous Chaperones to ...
An growing number of smaller cageless chaperones have been discovered that can assist protein folding without the consumption of ATP, including artificial "minichaperones" (fragments of larger chaperones).
Andrew I. Jewett, 2006
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The Promiscuous Traveler
It's every gay man's fantasy to travel the globe in search of sex.
Sebastian V., 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROMISCUOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term promiscuous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Affirmative Consent: Are Students Really Asking?
Women rarely initiate the discussion because they don't want to come off as being promiscuous, she said. “That's why it's so important to ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Randy peacock in isolation as insurers no longer willing to pay for …
The promiscuous peafowl has also charged at gift shop windows after mistaking his own reflection for a rival bird at Hatton Adventure World, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Android Stagefright Flaws Put 950 Million Devices at Risk
Drake characterized the metadata processing happening around mpeg4 files as aggressive and promiscuous, behaviors that allow an attacker ... «Threatpost, Jul 15»
4
The politics of sanitation: why we urgently need more public toilets
(Uric acid from promiscuous urinators around Trafalgar Square has apparently eroded some of the National Gallery's masonry.) Germany is ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
5
NHS 'Morally Wrong' Over Cure For Hepatitis C
The once promiscuous and reckless 90s pop duo Right Said Fred are backing the campaign, and have released a documentary about their ... «Sky News, Jul 15»
6
'Freedom To Donate' Campaign Calls For Lifting Of 'Draconian …
"But funnily enough, there is no blanket ban on my straight friends and family (many of whom are way more promiscuous than my gay circle) ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
7
Huma Qureshi turns 29: Ayushmann, Aditi wish her
... a RAW explosives expert in the action spy thriller film “D-Day”, and the promiscuous companion of a Begum in the 2014 black comedy thriller ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
9 Cosby profiles and interviews that are very uncomfortable to read …
“I didn't become this little promiscuous kid just because I woke one day and became that. … I was sexually molested as a little girl for years.”. «Salon, Jul 15»
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'Not Too Sexy To Get Tested': Right Said Fred Joins Hepatitis …
The once promiscuous and reckless 90s pop duo Right Said Fred have re-recorded their hit I'm Too Sexy - to encourage the public to get tested ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
10
Middle Age Wasteland
They are asked to stay later at work, are thought of as perhaps sexually compromised or promiscuous -- as well as being frivolous and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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