venery

noun

Definition of venerynext
1
as in wantonness

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2
as in concupiscence

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  1. concupiscence
  2. lust
  3. eroticism
  4. lechery
  5. hedonism
  6. greed
  7. desire
  8. rapacity
Noun
  • Gregory of Nyssa, contemplating the Christian horror of concupiscence, once theorized that had not Adam and Eve sinned, the two of them would have remained virgins and reproduced in whatever way angels did.
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 8 June 2023
  • The depictions are disturbingly romantic: seminude invaders among smoldering monuments, preening with bloodlust and concupiscence.
    Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020
Definition of concupiscence
Noun
  • Scott’s Tom Ripley was a clean break from that of Matt Damon; instead of a petulant pretty boy seized by envy and lust, this Ripley was older (Scott is in his late forties) and scarier, a lonesome manipulator with a murderous gleam in his eye.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Slater’s mansion is terra-cotta red, which in cinematic color theory signals danger and lust; the snakes on the island are yellow, for sickness and deceit.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of lust
Noun
  • Instead, his hallucinatory drama explores themes like Black assimilation, imperial white oppression, eroticism, and the uneasy relationship between religion and power.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The brief screen time doesn’t detract from the fact that his scenes are among the film’s most impactful — and not just because of the eroticism alone.
    James Factora, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of eroticism
Noun
  • Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
  • Perrotta is up to his old tricks, painting a man’s thoughtless lechery in touching tones, inviting misreading.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
Definition of lechery
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  • Wellness Just 10 years ago, one of luxury’s defining hallmarks was hedonism: Dionysian meals, jeroboams of Champagne or late nights in private members’ clubs.
    Matteo Atti, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This unrestrained hedonism transforms her world from mundane black-and-white to glorious color.
    Caroline Madden, Vulture, 8 July 2024
Definition of hedonism
Noun
  • In the wake of the arrest, many social media users have cast Mangione as a martyr against corporate greed or used the shooting to criticize the health insurance industry.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Those details are worth bearing in mind as some people seek to cast his killing as a tale of justified, or at least understandable, fury against faceless corporate greed.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of greed
Noun
  • Before leaving Hawaii, Kobayashi had expressed a desire to disconnect from modern technology, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
    Amanda Musa, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • But absent a dedicated desire to solve them, they could be viewed as tediously boring compared to leading the nation on sweeping national issues and global diplomacy.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of desire
Noun
  • Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.
    Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
  • Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
Definition of rapacity
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