Definition of "promiscuity" [pro•mis•cu•i•ty]

• The state or character of being promiscuous. (noun)
• Promiscuous sexual relations. (noun)
• A mixture of diverse or unrelated parts or individuals; a hodgepodge. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Regardless, the word ‘gay’ had an overall essence of promiscuity from the 1890s with the suggestion of immorality as far back as the early 1600s."
• "My point was to say that sexual promiscuity is rampant on college campuses even though every college student is at least sexually educated in the biological “just facts” way."
• "The true ratio of male-to-female promiscuity is determined entirely by the ratio of females to males, which means that it is probably close to one."