libertinism

[lib-er-tee-niz-uhm, -ti-] / ˈlɪb ər tiˌnɪz əm, -tɪ- /

NOUN

license

Synonyms

WEAK

anarchy animalism arrogance audacity boldness complacency debauchery disorder dissoluteness dissolution effrontery excess forwardness gluttony immoderation impropriety irresponsibility lawlessness laxity licentiousness looseness presumptuousness prodigality profligacy refractoriness relaxation relaxedness sauciness self-indulgence sensuality slackness temerity unrestraint unruliness wantonness wildness

Example Sentences

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The lure of liberty – and libertinism – is strong, whatever age one may be.

From Seattle Times

But the tensions in “The Rules of the Game” — between the rich and the poor, between propriety and libertinism, between order and pandemonium — are so refined as to be almost sui generis.

From New York Times

But to return to Silicon Valley: there is even a term for the school of thought that defines this synthesis of counterculture libertinism and techno-utopianism: it is called the California Ideology.

From Salon

I think Trump’s victory marked a shift in feminism’s relationship to sexual liberation; as long as he’s in power, it’s hard to associate libertinism with progress.

From New York Times

As a flip side to his alleged libertinism, Hart was a moral scold.

From The Guardian

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