libertines
Morally unrestrained people
Libertines are people who reject moral restraints, especially in sexual matters.
The term suggests someone who pursues physical pleasures without regard for conventional standards of behavior: The court was full of libertines and their intrigues.
Historically, libertine also described freethinkers who rejected religious orthodoxy.
The word now carries connotations of aristocratic decadence or dissolute living.
Tined yard implement
- roueDebauched person
- CasanovaProverbial ladies' man
- Don JuanLegendary womanizer archetype
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
aristocrat · dandy · gallant · seducer · Marquis de Sade · courtier · cad · dissolute
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- affairsMatters requiring attention
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- philandererHabitual romantic cheater
womanizer · lothario · paramour · adultery · infidelity · amorous · mistress · tryst
Extreme indulgence in vices
- pleasure-seekerOne pursuing enjoyment above all
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- excessSurplus beyond need
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
dissipation · sensualist · revelry · licentiousness · carousing · profligacy · sybarite · voluptuary
One who doubts claims
- freethinkerRejects doctrine for reason
- deistTheist rejecting revelation
- atheistOne denying gods exist
- rationalistOne guided by reason
nonbeliever · heretic · secularist · irreligion · Enlightenment · agnostic · unorthodox · Voltaire
rake
Tined yard implement
Restoration · aristocrat · dandy · gallant · seducer · Marquis de Sade · courtier · cad · dissolute · nobleman
promiscuity
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- affairsMatters requiring attention
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
philanderer · womanizer · lothario · paramour · adultery · infidelity · amorous · mistress · tryst · dalliance
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- pleasure-seekerOne pursuing enjoyment above all
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- excessSurplus beyond need
decadence · dissipation · sensualist · revelry · licentiousness · carousing · profligacy · sybarite · voluptuary · abandon
skeptic
One who doubts claims
- freethinkerRejects doctrine for reason
- deistTheist rejecting revelation
- atheistOne denying gods exist
rationalist · nonbeliever · heretic · secularist · irreligion · Enlightenment · agnostic · unorthodox · Voltaire · philosophe
- pleasure seekershedonist, hedonists, pleasure seeker, pleasure seekers, pleasure-seeker
- Restoration Comedycomedy of manners, Drury Lane, rake, fops, witty dialogue
- vicevice, debauchery, prostitution, depravity, immorality
- French PhilosophyDescartes, Rene Descartes, Pascal, Blaise Pascal, Voltaire
- Reformed Theologypredestination, John Calvin, election, total depravity, TULIP
- Fictional CourtesansFantine, Camille, Nancy, courtesans, fallen women
libertinesascetics
People practicing severe self-discipline
prudes · celibates · abstainers · teetotalers · moralists
libertinesascetics
People practicing severe self-discipline
monastics · hermits · flagellants · penitents · Calvinists
libertinesprudes
Overly modest people
conformists · moralists · traditionalists · conservatives · squares