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PROMISCUOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does promiscuousness mean?
• PROMISCUOUSNESS (noun)
The noun PROMISCUOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
Familiarity information: PROMISCUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
promiscuity; promiscuousness; sleeping around
Hypernyms ("promiscuousness" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "promiscuousness"):
one-night stand (a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night)
Derivation:
promiscuous (casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior)
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