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

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libertinism

Camp vulnerability and country vibes mingle in a mashup of queer exuberance and Marie Antoinette libertinism: between songs, Roan waves a pink feather fan.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

Twenty-three years later, there’s a new yearning for that era, when dance music embodied tech-juiced libertinism and invention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

As a flip side to his alleged libertinism, Hart was a moral scold.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2018

By the early 18th century, moral instability encouraged both libertinism and chiliasm.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2018

Gradually people became sick of openly avowed gallantry, of shameless libertinism, of moral obliquity and of the flattering artifices of vice; a long shudder ran through the selfish torpor of the social body.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

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