promiscuity

American  

[prom-i-skyoo-i-tee, proh-mi-] / ˌprɒm ɪˈskyu ɪ ti, ˌproʊ mɪ- /

noun

plural

promiscuities

1. the state of being promiscuous.

2. promiscuous sexual behavior.

3. an indiscriminate mixture.

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promiscuity British  

/ ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪtɪ /

noun

1. promiscuous sexual behaviour

2. indiscriminate mingling, mixture, or confusion, as of parts or elements

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Other Word Forms

• hyperpromiscuity noun

Etymology

Origin of promiscuity

First recorded in 1840–50; promiscu(ous) + -ity; compare French promiscuité

Example Sentences

And in Venezuela, physicians say parents and governments also resist the vaccine due to cultural taboos and the false notion that girls will see it as a ticket to promiscuity.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

These letters, for all their promiscuity and turbulence, are a hymn to stability.

From New York Times • May 16, 2022

These machines, called spectrum analysers, discovered a strange disturbance in the force, if you’ll pardon the franchise-reference promiscuity.

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2020

This same concern has been studied for the HPV vaccine, with the exact same finding: no increase in promiscuity postvaccination.

From Scientific American • Mar. 5, 2020

In the midst of this anarchy, over-rapid industrial development had moreover begotten the tendencies to promiscuity, to mystical communism, always expressive of deep popular misery.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Lee, Vernon