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Recent Examples of libertinage Rococo costumes are done up in garish colors; courtly gestures go hand in hand with libertinage. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 With no new model for relationships, libertinage reigned. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for libertinage
Noun
  • Yet the devastation that Israel inflicted on Hezbollah last year, the general degradation of Iran’s militia network, and the failure of Tehran’s strategy of using Arab fighters as a forward defense against Israel and the U.S. were decisive.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Users could still watch and download videos, but over time, this lack of updates could cause significant degradation of the app’s performance.
    Cherie Brooke Luo, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Although Russia has struggled to embrace startup culture, the big contractors have a stranglehold on the supply process; corruption is endemic, and the military know who to buy from.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Removing and replacing up to 50,000 career civil servants with political loyalists smacks of corruption Americans won’t tolerate.
    Laura Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Her final trial is a testament to her iron will and the sins she's been forged from.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Discovery role as Philippa Georgiou, the onetime Terran emperor who allies with the titular secret division of Starfleet — and in turn must face the sins of her past.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The film cares more for Romy’s enveloping sense of self than the depths of her immorality.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • What captivated me about the series was its unwillingness to sugarcoat the immorality of man.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Cooper, most troublingly, is not himself, his body used by a doppelgänger as an engine for evil.
    Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Unsettling, for sure, and oftentimes evil, but the subjective always seemed to be priority for Lynch.
    Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Still, a story that’s equal parts an exploration of libertinism and also a scorching take on the elite remained a tempting narrative to explore.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Where his first two books take Bulgaria as backdrop and a certain kind of soft-skinned, deeply feeling libertinism as narrative vehicle, Small Rain functions as a midlife sequel, one that is quietly, unabashedly romantic.
    Sarah Thankam Mathews, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024

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“Libertinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libertinage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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