libertinism

Example Sentences

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Contrary to the crusty, chaotic libertinism of their shows, the band is disarmingly sweet and funny in person despite being duly crude.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Camp vulnerability and country vibes mingle in a mashup of queer exuberance and Marie Antoinette libertinism: between songs, Roan waves a pink feather fan.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2018

By the early 18th century, moral instability encouraged both libertinism and chiliasm.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2018

It is the public interest to check all propagation but that of good citizens, and to protect all women from enforced maternity, whether enforced under legal powers or by the arts of seduction and libertinism.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)