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... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > behavior (psychology) > sexual activity > promiscuity
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > physical and biological development > sexual activity > promiscuity

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promiscuity  

Definition

  • engaging in sexual relations indiscriminately with multiple partners. Promiscuity, as well as ignorance and unprotected sex, was in part responsible for the AIDS epidemic that began in the 1980s. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Promiscuity]

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