"promiscuity" meaning in English

See promiscuity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˌpɹəʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˌpɹɑm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ [US], /ˌpɹoʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/ [US] Forms: promiscuities [plural]
Etymology: From French promiscuité. Etymology templates: {{derived|en|fr|promiscuité}} French promiscuité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} promiscuity (countable and uncountable, plural promiscuities)
  1. The state or quality of being promiscuous. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state or quality of being promiscuous): promiscuïtat [feminine] (Catalan), promiscuïteit [feminine] (Dutch), promiskuiteetti (Finnish), promiscuité sexuelle [feminine] (French), promiscuidade [feminine] (Galician), Promiskuität [feminine] (German), συγχρωτισμός (synchrotismós) [masculine] (Greek), promiszkuitás (Hungarian), lauslæti (Icelandic), промискуитет (promiskuitet) [masculine] (Macedonian), promiskuityzm [masculine] (Polish), rozwiązłość [feminine] (Polish), promiscuidade [feminine] (Portuguese), promiscuitate [feminine] (Romanian), promiskuita (Slovak), promiscuidad [feminine] (Spanish), promiskuitet [common-gender] (Swedish), kahandalapakan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-promiscuity-en-noun-q-oLsns- Disambiguation of 'state or quality of being promiscuous': 88 4 9
  2. Indiscriminateness in the choice of sexual partners. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (dated, literary) State of being mixed, composed of diverse elements, unsystematic; heterogeneity. Tags: countable, dated, literary, uncountable
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Inflected forms

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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state or quality of being promiscuous",
      "word": "promiskuita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being promiscuous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "promiscuidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being promiscuous",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "promiskuitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state or quality of being promiscuous",
      "word": "kahandalapakan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "promiscuity"
  ],
  "word": "promiscuity"
}

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