varietist

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adjective

Of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.

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Meanings

adjectivevarietist (comparative more varietist, superlative most varietist)

comparative more varietist · superlative most varietist

  1. obsoleteOf, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.

    We would call it today an "open marriage", at once permissive and varietist

    1973 November 9, Max Lerner, “Marriage: What's in That Name?”, in The Iowa Press-Citizen
nounvarietist (plural varietists)

plural varietists

  1. obsoleteA person who is nonmonogamous.
    1 more example

    2015 March 23, David S. D'Amato, Free Love: Victoria Woohhull, Libertarianism.orghttps://web.archive.org/web/20190308080759/https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/free-love-victoria-woodhull In her periodical, Woodhull stated that her proposition was to "advocate sexual freedom for all people - freedom for the monogamist to practice monogamy, for the varietist to be a varietist still.".

Origin

From variety + -ist.

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APA

varietist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varietist

MLA

“varietist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varietist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “varietist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varietist.

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