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Recent Examples of lechery
Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.
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The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
With comic rebuttal, Post’s Christine deflected Fielding’s lechery throughout the series’ run.
—Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2021
With comic rebuttal, Post’s Christine deflected Fielding’s lechery throughout the series’ run.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
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The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
With comic rebuttal, Post’s Christine deflected Fielding’s lechery throughout the series’ run.
—Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2021
With comic rebuttal, Post’s Christine deflected Fielding’s lechery throughout the series’ run.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lechery
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Claud has two convictions for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age and one conviction for open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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Here are two real-life examples of this cycle of erotomania.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024
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This eccentric delusion is clinically recognized as erotomania.—
Eric Taipale,
Discover Magazine,
14 Oct. 2022
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At the risk of annoying T.J. Clark by seeming to concentrate on the regions below the belt, one is obliged to observe that Picasso suffered from, or exulted in, a bad case of satyriasis that continued well into old age.—
John Banville,
The New Republic,
16 Nov. 2021
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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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While the bad clown—a horror staple—might seem like a perversion of a wholesome form of entertainment historically meant for children, the clown in popular culture has always been subversive.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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That ardor has endured since its Sundance debut.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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The power of an abiding trinity is also not lost on Winter, who will be interacting with three women in their sixties and beyond, the ardor of long lives adding dimension to the dance.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Southlake pastor who last month pleaded guilty to five counts of indecency with a child has asked a Dallas County court to toss the victim’s defamation lawsuit against him, court filings show.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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But Powell did successfully lobby Congress to significantly hike the amount of money the FCC could fine broadcasters for indecency.—
Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
14 Oct. 2025
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Higgins also debunked the debasement trade hypothesis.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The immediate goal of this concerted information operation is the debasement of American Jews, but the more politically salient goal is the gaslighting of American evangelical Christians—the very core of the MAGA base, and an overwhelmingly pro-Jewish, pro-Israel constituency at that.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Why subject your kids to degeneracy and violence?—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Trump has been tied to Epstein, and though there is no evidence exposing the president’s participation in Epstein’s acts of degeneracy, the question remains on the minds of many Americans — Was Trump complicit?—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 July 2025
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“Lechery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lechery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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