libertine
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/us/ˈlɪb.ɚ.tiːn/old-fashionedorliterary
aperson, usually a man, who has fewmoralprinciplesand hassexualrelationshipswith manypeople:
Sheconsidershim anarrogant,dandifiedlibertine.
TheinfamouslibertineCasanovawas morecomplexthan thesexualbraggarthe is oftendepictedas.
someone whoformstheirownopinionsandbeliefsaboutreligion:
Like many libertines, hedefamesthedeityin thehopeofprovokingareprisal, which will at leastdemonstratewhetherGodexists.
- At least twonotoriouslibertines,LordSedley andLordBuckhurst, took her tobed.
- He had the goodlooksandcommandingphysicalpresenceof a libertine, with thevoicetomatch.
- He was a libertine, andrecognizednoGodto whom he wasresponsible.
Religious people: believers & non-believers
- anti-evolution
- anti-evolutionary
- anti-evolutionist
- anti-humanist
- antichrist
- deist
- evolutionist
- faithful
- faithless
- faithlessly
- monotheist
- mystic
- non-believer
- non-Christian
- non-churchgoer
- theistic
- unbelief
- unbeliever
- unbelieving
- unconverted
libertine
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/us/ˈlɪb.ɚ.tiːn/having fewmoralprinciplesand havingsexualrelationshipswith manypeople:
Hermanipulationsdestroytherelationshipsbetween her libertinefatherand hisvariouswomen.
Herelisheslibertineexcess.
- Heclaimsto beseekinga woman who canhelphim to end his libertineways.
- Somepeopletake a very libertinelinewhen it comes tosexualrelationships.