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promiscuity

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
  • UK: /ˌpɹəʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
  • US: /ˌpɹɑm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
  • US: /ˌpɹoʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P R OW2 M IH0 S K Y UW1 AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P R AA2 M IH0 S K Y UW1 AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being promiscuous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Indiscriminateness in the choice of sexual partners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

State of being mixed, composed of diverse elements, unsystematic; heterogeneity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, literary, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: promiscuousness, sleeping around

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity

Narrower terms: one-night stand

History

Etymology

From French promiscuité.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: promiscuïtat — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Dutch: promiscuïteit — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Finnish: siveettömyys — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Finnish: promiskuiteetti — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • French: promiscuité sexuelle — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Galician: promiscuidade — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • German: Promiskuität — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Greek: συγχρωτισμός (synchrotismós) — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Hungarian: promiszkuitás — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Icelandic: lauslæti — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Indonesian: promiskuitas — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Macedonian: промискуитет (promiskuitet) — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Polish: promiskuityzm — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Polish: rozwiązłość — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Portuguese: promiscuidade — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Romanian: promiscuitate — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Slovak: promiskuita — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Spanish: promiscuidad — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Swedish: promiskuitet — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Tagalog: kahandalapakan — state or quality of being promiscuous
  • Ottoman Turkish: زنا (zinâ) — state or quality of being promiscuous