promiscuity

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promiscuity

  • /ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /ˌpɹəʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /ˌpɹɑm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ US
  • /ˌpɹoʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ US

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From French promiscuité.

noun promiscuities

  1. countable, uncountable The state or quality of being promiscuous.
  2. countable, uncountable Indiscriminateness in the choice of sexual partners. Experimental variety or what Rey Anthony has called selective promiscuity - is the cornerstone of sane sexual choice.
  3. countable, dated, literary, uncountable 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.

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noun state or quality of being promiscuous

Españolpromiscuidad
Portuguêspromiscuidade
Françaispromiscuité sexuelle
DeutschPromiskuität
Ελληνικάσυγχρωτισμός synchrotismós
Românăpromiscuitate

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"promiscuity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/promiscuity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{promiscuity_2026,
  title = {promiscuity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/promiscuity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}