Definition of Promiscuousness

1. Noun. Indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations.

Exact synonyms: Promiscuity, Sleeping Around
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
Specialized synonyms: One-night Stand
Derivative terms: Promiscuous, Promiscuous

Definition of Promiscuousness

1. n. The quality or state of being promiscuous.

Definition of Promiscuousness

1. Noun. The state or condition of being promiscuous. ¹

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Definition of Promiscuousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Promiscuousness

promil
promine
prominence
prominences
prominencies
prominency
prominent
prominently
promines
prominin
promis'd
promiscuities
promiscuity
promiscuously
promiscuousness (current term)
promise
promised
promised one
promisee
promisees
promiseless
promiser
promisers
promises
promisest
promiseth
promising
promisingly
promisor

Literary usage of Promiscuousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Mental Growth of Mankind in Ancient Times by John Shertzer Hittell (1893)
"ization, preserved the rule of maternal descent, and permitted half of the previous promiscuousness. The modification was the least possible to be a ..."

2. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"... was laid in the shade, among the first bones that came to hand; she was subjected to the promiscuousness of ashes. She was thrown into the public grave. ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"This writer ascribes the animosity of the Bohemian people towards the saint to the fact of his strong opposition to the shameful promiscuousness which in ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"... penitentiary, and hospital, all in one; and its inmates—assassins, debauchees, sick patients, paupers, idiots— lived in fearful promiscuousness; it was, ..."

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