free love

See also: Freelove

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

free love (uncountable)

  1. The practice of sexual intercourse without the restraints of marriage or commitment.
    • 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison:
      The deceased, Philip Boyes, was, as you have heard, a writer. He was thirty-six years old, and he had published five novels and a large number of essays and articles. All these literary works were of what is sometimes called an ‘advanced’ type. They preached doctrines which may seem to some of us immoral or seditious, such as atheism, and anarchy, and what is known as free love. His private life appears to have been conducted, for some time at least, in accordance with these doctrines.
    • 1974, “Potiphar”, in Tim Rice (lyrics), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat:
      Joseph’s looks and handsome figure had attracted her attention. Every morning she would beckon: “Come and lie with me, love.” Joseph wanted to resist her til one day she proved too eager. Joseph cried in vain: “Please stop! I don’t believe in free love!”
    • 2012, Lois Banner, Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox, page 262:
      Sometimes prudish and sometimes outrageous, Marilyn rationalized her behavior through free love ideas.

Translations

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.