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promiscuity

UK/ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti//ˌpɹɑm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/

promiscuity noun: the state or quality of being promiscuous.

Noun

promiscuity (countable and uncountable, plural promiscuities)

  1. The state or quality of being promiscuous.
  2. Indiscriminateness in the choice of sexual partners.
    • Experimental variety or what Rey Anthony has called selective promiscuity - is the cornerstone of sane sexual choice.1963, Albert Ellis, The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Manhunting, page 129
    • I'm not advocating sexual promiscuity but I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage1975 March 17, Marian Christy, “Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty”, in The Lebanon Daily News
  3. (dated, literary) State of being mixed, composed of diverse elements, unsystematic; heterogeneity.
    • While I dressed—for Stroeve wished me to go at once with him to the hospital—he told me that he had arranged for his wife to have a private room, so that she might at least be spared the sordid promiscuity of a ward.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 34”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC

promiscuity meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Tagalog and Indonesian

promiscuity in Malayalam

wantonness, licentious-ness, immorality
ക്രമരഹിതമായ ലെെംഗികബന്ധം, രതിക്രീഡ, മുഴുത്ത ഭോഗാസക്തി, ലോകസക്തി, രിരംസ, കാമചാരിത്വം

promiscuity in Kannada

ಕಲಬೆರಕೆ, ಸಂಕರ, ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಂದ ಸಂಭೋಗ

promiscuity in Tagalog

state or quality of being promiscuous
kahandalapakan

promiscuity in Indonesian

state or quality of being promiscuous
promiskuitas

Examples of promiscuity in a sentence

  • Seeing these happy pairings, I thought of the cheerful promiscuity to come.1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 24:
  • As she becomes more conscious of her flirtatious power, she is sometimes urged toward promiscuity.1998 May 14, James Dobson, “Self-worth based on beauty can wither as women age”, in The Woodfield County Journal:

Forms of promiscuity

pluralpromiscuities

Origin of promiscuity

From French promiscuité.

Words formed from promiscuity

Questions about promiscuity

What does promiscuity mean?
Promiscuity means the state or quality of being promiscuous.
What is promiscuity in Malayalam?
Promiscuity in Malayalam is ക്രമരഹിതമായ ലെെംഗികബന്ധം, രതിക്രീഡ, മുഴുത്ത ഭോഗാസക്തി. See Promiscuity meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use promiscuity in a sentence?
Seeing these happy pairings, I thought of the cheerful promiscuity to come.
What part of speech is promiscuity?
Promiscuity is a noun.
How do you pronounce promiscuity?
Promiscuity is pronounced /ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of promiscuity?
The plural of promiscuity is promiscuities.

Words near promiscuity in the dictionary

  1. proministry
  2. prominority
  3. promis'd
  4. promisable
  5. promiscuities
  6. promiscuity
  7. promiscuous
  8. promiscuously
  9. promiscuousness
  10. promise
  11. Promise Keeper

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: promiscuity (page history and authors); promiscuity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); promiscuity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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