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as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
his frat-boy libertinage was abruptly halted when his fed-up father cut him off financially
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as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
a young prince more interested in libertinage than leadership
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Recent Examples of libertinage
Rococo costumes are done up in garish colors; courtly gestures go hand in hand with libertinage.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
With no new model for relationships, libertinage reigned.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
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
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The effects of ecological degradation, including pollution, habitat destruction and climate change, will be a significant concern for some organizations across industries.Maureen Metcalf, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Researchers say this rampant accumulation may be occurring because many types of PFAS unleash TFA as a product of their degradation.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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He was arrested in 1973 on corruption charges, and his 52-day long trial cost 1.25 million British pounds.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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Adams, 64, was indicted in September on federal corruption charges, pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing.Mark Crudele, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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The sins of the Franks and their rulers had made the land fertile for Wiggo and his friends.Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the biggest sin of them all, however, is just how absolutely dull and yawn-inducing Dune: Prophecy is.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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What captivated me about the series was its unwillingness to sugarcoat the immorality of man.Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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The history of medicine is too littered with incompetence and immorality to believe that doctors have always been worthy of this status.Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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As the film’s wealthy Pennsylvania industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, Pearce creates a psychologically penetrating portrait of a man who is by turns generous and predatory, inquisitive and closed off, someone who ultimately reveals himself to be capable of true evil.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The show felt joyously anarchic and kind of evil at the same time.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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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
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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 Dec. 2024.
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