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libertinism
[ lib-er-tee-niz-uhm, -ti- ]
noun
- libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of libertinism1
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Example Sentences
In his early years he dissipated almost all his patrimony in libertinism and debauchery.
The phrase εἴ μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ is, word for word, "if this is not through libertinism" (to give one's self up to libertinism).
Again, he said that we were to avoid libertinism, and to that end choose one woman, to whom we should remain faithful.
There is an affected humility more insufferable than downright pride, as hypocrisy is more abominable than libertinism.
That teeming town at the mouth of the Klondike set a pace in libertinism that has never been equalled.
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