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Definition of Promiscuity
1. Noun. Indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations.
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
Specialized synonyms: One-night Stand
Derivative terms: Promiscuous, Promiscuous
Definition of Promiscuity
1. n. Promiscuousness; confusion.
Definition of Promiscuity
1. Noun. The state or quality of being promiscuous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Promiscuity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Promiscuity
Literary usage of Promiscuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"Dr. Post has found no people in Africa living in a state of promiscuity.* I have
now mentioned all the cases which are known to me of peoples said to live ..."
2. The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family by Charles Jean Marie Letourneau (1895)
"promiscuity. I. Has there been a Stage of promiscuity ?—promiscuity rate among
the superior vertebrates—It has been exceptional in mankind. II. ..."
3. The Science of Ethics by Michael Cronin (1917)
"THE THEORY OF PRIMITIVE promiscuity The theory that in the beginning the human
race was entirely promiscuous was at one time regarded as hardly open to ..."
4. An Epitome of The Synthetic Philosophy by Herbert Spencer, Frederick Howard Collins (1890)
"V. promiscuity. 291. Coming now to the several kinds of sexual relations, ...
Hence, we cannot but infer that even in prehistoric times, promiscuity was ..."
5. Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy of Herbert Spencer by Herbert Spencer, Frederick Howard Collins (1901)
"promiscuity. 291. Coming now to the several kinds of sexual relations, ...
Hence, we cannot but infer that even in prehistoric times, promiscuity was ..."
6. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1901)
"CHAPTER IV A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF promiscuity THE inference drawn in the
... According to them, man lived originally in a state of promiscuity. ..."
7. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1891)
"CHAPTER IV A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF promiscuity THE inference drawn in the
... According to them, man lived originally in a state of promiscuity. ..."
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