PROMISCUITY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

promiscuity

noun

Definition of promiscuity

as in adultery

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Recent Examples of promiscuity Some may try to keep this feeling at bay, Brodsky explained, by changing jobs, houses, careers, or lovers; by embracing hobbies, travel, or promiscuity. — Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026 Interiors celebrate promiscuity, and the serpentine symbol that marks the entrance hall carpet can be spotted on the jewelry of staff uniforms. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026 The other cast members are still Mormon enough to judge her for her (gasp) promiscuity. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2026 The role of Carmen was played with fiery promiscuity by ballerina Ariana Gonzalez, who was flirtatious with a fan in one scene and brandishing a knife in another. — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for promiscuity

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Noun

The name has Biblical undertones and refers to a theory that Adam (of Adam and Eve) had a first wife named Lilith, who committed adultery with Satan and transformed into an evil being who kidnaps children.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Odysseus… kinda ends up being your standard Noble Hero, complete with Modestly Badass Armor and Aragorn Beard Scruff and in absolutely no danger of (knowingly) committing adultery against his faithful wife waiting for him back home.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2026

Definition of adultery

Noun

And still, some people insist that admitting the flaws in our history — and our present — constitutes an act of innate disloyalty.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Treating rumors as diagnostic signals of uncertainty or weak trust, rather than disloyalty, helps leaders improve communication and align words with observable actions.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of disloyalty

Noun

His is a more enlightened era, but Hannes, lonely and withdrawn, doesn’t share his classmates’ interest in campus sit-ins and free love.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
While there was a sprinkling of back-to-the-land hippies in my town, the free love and sexuality fluidity of the 1960s hadn’t reached us.

— Jennifer Acker, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026

Definition of free love

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Platner, indeed, has boiled down nearly all political problems to the perfidy of sinister oligarchs.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026

Definition of perfidy

Noun

Brenay Kennard, a lifestyle content creator with nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, is at the center of a civil lawsuit that has made national headlines, in which she is accused of criminal conversation and alienation of affection.

— Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Howard sued his wife’s lover for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, according to court records.

— Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019

Definition of criminal conversation

Noun

When Platner arrived, the place seemed haunted not only by American misconduct but also by Saddam Hussein’s use of it to imprison and abuse political dissidents during his reign.

— Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Notably, there’s no public indication that Barron is suspected of misconduct or had any involvement in matters related to Andrew and Tristan Tate.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026

Definition of misconduct

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