promiscuity
Many casual partners
Promiscuity is having many sexual partners without selectivity or commitment.
The word carries moral judgment—calling someone promiscuous implies they should be more discriminating.
The study examined attitudes toward promiscuity across different cultures.
Extended uses describe indiscriminate mixing of any kind: the promiscuity of styles in postmodern architecture.
Unwise act or remark
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- sinViolation of divine law
immorality · vice · shame · stigma · reputation · judgment · taboo · decadence
Uncommitted physical intimacy
- hookupsCasual intimate encounters
- one-night standsCasual sexual encounters, once
- sleeping aroundCasual sex, many partners
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
multiple partners · adultery · affairs · flings · cheating · unfaithfulness · polyamory · swinging
Autonomy over intimate choices
- free loveUnstructured romantic and sexual bonds
- liberationRelease from constraint
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
openness · uninhibited · sexual revolution · counterculture · bohemian · nonconformity · hedonism · sex-positive
Innate erotic drive
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- desireIntense wanting
- sexualityErotic nature and preferences
- arousalStirring to heightened state
passion · carnality · sensuality · eroticism · appetite · urge · drive · horniness
sexually transmitted infections
Diseases spread through intercourse
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- AIDSImmune deficiency syndrome
- herpesChronic blister-causing virus
- chlamydiaBacterial venereal infection
gonorrhea · syphilis · HPV · hepatitis · condoms · protection · contraception · safe sex
indiscretion
Unwise act or remark
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- transgressionViolation of law or code
sin · immorality · vice · shame · stigma · reputation · judgment · taboo · decadence · debauchery
casual sex
Uncommitted physical intimacy
- hookupsCasual intimate encounters
- one-night standsCasual sexual encounters, once
- sleeping aroundCasual sex, many partners
multiple partners · infidelity · adultery · affairs · flings · cheating · unfaithfulness · polyamory · swinging · open relationships
sexual freedom
Autonomy over intimate choices
- free loveUnstructured romantic and sexual bonds
- liberationRelease from constraint
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
experimentation · openness · uninhibited · sexual revolution · counterculture · bohemian · nonconformity · hedonism · sex-positive · consent
libido
Innate erotic drive
arousal · passion · carnality · sensuality · eroticism · appetite · urge · drive · horniness · lechery
sexually transmitted infections
Diseases spread through intercourse
chlamydia · gonorrhea · syphilis · HPV · hepatitis · condoms · protection · contraception · safe sex · testing
- mating traitssexual selection, courtship, plumage, antlers, ornamentation
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- vicesgreed, envy, lust, gluttony, vanity
- sexualitysexual orientation, sexual behavior, erotica, sexual identity, bisexual
- matingmating, breeding, courtship display, mating display, mating dance
- promiscuitysleeping around, casual sex, hookups, one-night stands, bed-hopping
promiscuitymonogamy
One partner at a time
fidelity · celibacy · abstinence · chastity · faithfulness
promiscuitychastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
virtue · chasteness · purity · morality · propriety
promiscuityselectivity
Tendency to choose carefully
discriminating · choosiness · exclusivity · fastidiousness · pickiness