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Definition of Libertinism
1. n. The state of a libertine or freedman.
Definition of Libertinism
1. Noun. A lifestyle or pattern of behavior characterized by self-indulgence and lack of restraint, especially one involving sexual promiscuity and rejection of religious or other moral authority. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Libertinism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Libertinism
Literary usage of Libertinism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian Sociology: A Contribution to the History of Sociological Thought and by Julius Friedrich Hecker (1915)
"(4) The Process of Individualisation and the Destructive Functions of libertinism
and Asceticism In concluding the study of the psychic aspects of Mik- ..."
2. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"Frequent intrigues were the consequences ; and the court of France, during half
a century, was a scene of the most profligate libertinism. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"It was to this fraternity of libertinism that Evelyn alludes in his imitation of
one of Ovid's Elegies,— '' While fathers are severe, and servants cheat, ..."
4. Russia by Astolphe Custine (1854)
"libertinism in Moscow. — Moral Consequ-n- ces of Despotism ... libertinism the
Fruit of Despotism. — Moral Licence in ileu of Political Freedom. ..."
5. Evils of the Cities: A Series of Practical and Popular Discourses Delivered by Thomas De Witt Talmage, Richard S. Rhodes (1903)
"libertinism. Next, I speak of the romance of libertinism. Society has severest
retribution for the impurity that lurks about the cellars and alleys of the ..."
6. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"His alleged libertinism.—Solemn Arraignment.—Some of the Evidence Given—Charged
with Gross Improprieties.—Testimony of Ladies.—His Acts while Riding to ..."
7. Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age by William Ewart Gladstone (1858)
"... appear to be tainted with libertinism. Among the former we may, however,
observe degrees. Jupiter and Venus stand at the head. ..."
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