licentiousness

noun

Definition of licentiousnessnext
as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society our minister often condemns the licentiousness he sees cavalierly portrayed in today's mass media

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  1. corruption
  2. immorality
  3. sin
  4. evil
  5. libertinism
Noun
  • The committee identified graft and corruption, inefficiencies and waste.
    Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The first is Sweeney Todd — an interesting choice, seeing as Stephen Sondheim’s cannibalistic tale explores themes of political corruption and the destructive forces of free markets.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of corruption
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
Definition of immorality
Noun
  • Even after a 10-7 regular season and return to the playoffs — albeit a brief one after Sunday’s wild-card loss to Buffalo — established a new benchmark for success, the sins of the past lingered in the coach’s mind.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But the sin of this particular series is one that's hard to get over: deep unpleasantness.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of sin
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
Definition of evil
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
Definition of libertinism
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