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promiscuity

noun

  1. practice of having casual sex frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ / /ˌpɹəʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ / /ˌpɹɑm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/

noun

Etymology: From French promiscuité.

  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.

    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 marriage

  3. 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.