varietistn.
/vəˈrʌɪᵻtɪst/, U.S. /vəˈraɪədəst/ One who chooses variety, esp. in the satisfaction of (sexual) desires; also attributive or as adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > seeking variety in sexual relationships > person
varietist1911
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [adjective] > seeking variety in sexual relationships
varietist1968
1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 153 The reassurance that man is not promiscuous in his fancies must not blind us to the fact that he is (to use the word coined by certain American writers to describe themselves) some~thing of a Varietist.
1968 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. July 65/2 Some sexual varietists..believe that they need plural sex-love affairs.
1968 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. July 65/2 Such individuals manage to have their varietist inclinations fulfilled.
1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Sept. 26/2 ‘Free love’ never meant libertinism..but quite simply that there should be no coercion in sexual relationships... There were ‘exclusivists’ and ‘varietists’.
Derivatives
vaˈrietism n. the practice or result of such choices.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > seeking variety in sexual relationships
promiscuity1847
varietism1925
1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. i. xiii. 101 So captivated was he by this savor of sensuality and varietism that was about her.
1968 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. July 65 (heading) Sexual varietism.
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