libertinism

American  

[lib-er-tee-niz-uhm, -ti-] / ˈlɪb ər tiˌnɪz əm, -tɪ- /

Or libertinage

noun

1. libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.

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Etymology

Origin of libertinism

First recorded in 1605–15; libertine + -ism

Example Sentences

Libertinism was rare in those thinly-peopled regions from which he came.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

If in the "Chastisement of Mansour" he bodies forth the consequences of unbridled Libertinism, in the "Grip of Desire" he demonstrates the evils attendant on a life of forced Celibacy.

From The Grip of Desire by France, Hector