promiscuity

[ prom-i-skyoo-i-tee, proh-mi- ]

/ ˌprɒm ɪˈskyu ɪ ti, ˌproʊ mɪ- /

the state of being promiscuous.

promiscuous sexual behavior.

an indiscriminate mixture.

Origin of promiscuity

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

hy·per·prom·is·cu·i·ty, noun

The dissatisfaction likely does not result from promiscuity, but from a lack of understanding of intimacy.

Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual Pleasure |David Masciotra |June 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There was lot of promiscuity in my family, but everyone was pretending that they were pious and perfect.

Why Whitney Cummings’ Dick Jokes Are Important |Kevin Fallon |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It sounds like a scenario straight out of a Monday morning high school hallway following a weekend of partying and promiscuity.

Slut-Shaming Gets the YA Treatment in ‘The Truth About Alice’ |Erin Cunningham |June 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And new forms of contraception are still condemned as “promiscuity pills.”

What Do Threats To Roe V. Wade And Domestic Violence Have In Common? Patriarchy. |Sally Kohn |January 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

And shame on Tiger, for another kind of promiscuity—the licentious use of his father.

The Psychological Strategy of the Tiger Ad and Why It Will Backfire |Adam Hanft |April 9, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Promiscuity in London is a well-recognized fact, but a serious love-affair is quite a different thing.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 |Elbert Hubbard
I have now to show how far this rejection of promiscuity affects our position with regard to mother-descent and mother-right.

The Position of Woman in Primitive Society |C. Gasquoine Hartley
It is manifest that mother-descent has no connection with a period of promiscuity.

The Position of Woman in Primitive Society |C. Gasquoine Hartley
Accordingly, the idea was again adopted that, anteceding marriage, there was an original state of promiscuity.

Elements of Folk Psychology |Wilhelm Wundt
There were tribes of savages and even of barbarians known to the Greeks and Romans who are represented as living in promiscuity.

Ancient Society |Lewis Henry Morgan

promiscuity

/ (ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪtɪ) /

promiscuous sexual behaviour

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