Libertinism

Libertinism
Libertinism Lib"er*tin*ism (-t[i^]n*[i^]z'm), n. 1. The state of a libertine or freedman. [R.] --Hammond. [1913 Webster]

2. Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness. [1913 Webster]

3. Licentiousness of principle or opinion. [1913 Webster]

That spirit of religion and seriousness vanished all at once, and a spirit of liberty and libertinism, of infidelity and profaneness, started up in the room of it. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]


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  • libertinism — LIBERTINÍSM s.n.Comportare, viaţă de libertin; desfrâu, destrăbălare, libertinaj. – Libertin + suf. ism. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  libertinísm s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  LIBERTINÍSM …   Dicționar Român

  • libertinism — index debauchery, vice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • libertinism — noun A lifestyle or pattern of behavior characterized by self indulgence and lack of restraint, especially one involving sexual promiscuity and rejection of religious or other moral authority …   Wiktionary

  • libertinism — libertine ► NOUN ▪ a man who behaves without moral principles, especially in sexual matters. DERIVATIVES libertinism noun. ORIGIN Latin libertinus freedman , from liber free …   English terms dictionary

  • libertinism — noun Date: 1611 the quality or state of being libertine ; the behavior of a libertine …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • libertinism — /lib euhr tee niz euhm, ti /, n. libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters. Also, libertinage. [1605 15; LIBERTINE + ISM] * * * …   Universalium

  • libertinism — Synonyms and related words: broad mindedness, debauchery, debauchment, dissipation, dissoluteness, fastness, free thought, freethinking, gallantry, latitudinarianism, liberalism, liberation, libertarianism, libertinage, license, licentiousness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • libertinism — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, license, licentiousness, profligacy. See RESTRAINT …   English dictionary for students

  • libertinism — lib·er·tin·ism || lɪbÉ™(r)tɪnɪzm n. absence of moral inhibitions, immorality, licentiousness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • libertinism — n. Licentiousness, dissoluteness, debauchery …   New dictionary of synonyms

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