libertinism

or lib·er·tin·age

[ lib-er-tee-niz-uhm, -ti- ]

noun

1. libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of libertinism¹

First recorded in 1605–15; libertine + -ism

Example Sentences

There, Babitz found the ideal milieu for her free-form libertinism, sharing pitchers of Schlitz at Barney’s Beanery with the emergent artists of the decade — Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell — and famously posed nude while playing chess with Marcel Duchamp at a local art museum in 1963.

From Los Angeles Times

It would ultimately become apparent that Jezebel’s gleeful “Start Snitchin’ ” ethos could be harnessed to create a media landscape as toxic and deranged as the nihilistic libertinism that had enabled so many bad actors to operate with impunity during the Bush years, because the same clique of wealthy and powerful gatekeepers ultimately and inherently decides who will and won’t be canceled.

From Slate

It would ultimately become apparent that Jezebel’s gleeful “Start Snitchin’ ” ethos could be harnessed to create a media landscape as toxic and deranged as the nihilistic libertinism that had enabled so many bad actors to operate with impunity during the Bush years, because the same clique of wealthy and powerful gatekeepers ultimately and inherently decides who will and won’t be canceled.

From Slate

Her conservative opponent, Daniel Kelly, has written that abortion rights are “deadly to children” and that Democrats and women’s groups are pro-choice because they want “to preserve sexual libertinism.”

From Washington Post

Protasiewicz was not shy about proclaiming her support for abortion rights, while Kelly did legal work for Wisconsin Right to Life and wrote, in a now-deleted 2012 blog post, that abortion “involves taking the life of a human being” and that abortion rights supporters seek to “preserve sexual libertinism.”

From Washington Post