libertinism
Life without restraint
Libertinism is the practice or philosophy of living without moral restraints, particularly regarding sexual behavior.
A libertine rejects conventional standards of morality and pursues physical pleasures freely, often with multiple partners and without commitment.
The term carries connotations of hedonism and sometimes decadence, suggesting someone who prioritizes sensual gratification over social or religious propriety.
The novel depicted the libertinism of 18th-century aristocratic society.
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- wantonnessUnrestrained immoral behavior
looseness · seduction · affairs · dalliance · liaison · tryst · rakishness · philandering
Extreme indulgence in vices
- viceBad habit or deputy
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
dissipation · lechery · lasciviousness · turpitude · degeneracy · sinfulness · corruption · dissoluteness
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
gluttony · prodigality · surfeit · wastefulness · squandering · exorbitance · opulence · abandon
Pursuit of enjoyment
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
voluptuousness · sybaritism · epicureanism · sensualism · self-indulgence · decadence · luxury · enjoyment
Reason-based belief formation
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- irreligionAbsence of faith
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
atheism · rationalism · deism · anticlericalism · agnosticism · humanism · empiricism · naturalism
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- unrestraintLack of self-control
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
nonconformity · unconventionality · free-thinking · emancipation · license
promiscuity
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
wantonness · looseness · seduction · affairs · dalliance · liaison · tryst · rakishness · philandering · unchastity
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- viceBad habit or deputy
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
licentiousness · dissipation · lechery · lasciviousness · turpitude · degeneracy · sinfulness · corruption · dissoluteness · profligacy
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
extravagance · gluttony · prodigality · surfeit · wastefulness · squandering · exorbitance · opulence · abandon · unrestraint
pleasure-seeking
Pursuit of enjoyment
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
carnality · voluptuousness · sybaritism · epicureanism · sensualism · self-indulgence · decadence · luxury · enjoyment · appetite
freethought
Reason-based belief formation
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- irreligionAbsence of faith
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
materialism · atheism · rationalism · deism · anticlericalism · agnosticism · humanism · empiricism · naturalism
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- unrestraintLack of self-control
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
latitude · nonconformity · unconventionality · free-thinking · emancipation · license
- immoralityvice, wickedness, depravity, sinfulness, iniquity
- promiscuitypromiscuity, sleeping around, casual sex, hookups, one-night stands
- vicevice, debauchery, prostitution, depravity, immorality
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- decadencedecadence, decay, lavishness, aestheticism, dandyism
- French EnlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu
libertinismasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
abstinence · self-denial · austerity · temperance · continence
libertinismvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
morality · righteousness · rectitude · uprightness · probity
liberal, liberty, liberate, liberation, libertarian, libertine, libertines