Promiscuity (noun) : the fact or state of being promiscuous

“Congress has so far been disinclined to protect citizens from their digital promiscuity or halt the data grabs perpetrated by Internet companies.”

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I encountered this word while reading the article “We want Privacy, but Can’t Stop Sharing” by Kate Murphy. I used context clues and I know it had to do with personal mishaps of somebody. Or in other words things that happen in your daily life. Before knowing what promiscuity meant I had to learn the denotation of promiscuous. Promiscuous means characterized by or involving mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis. An example of the word promiscuity in a sentence ; When I log onto Facebook I see the utmost promiscuity from kids I used to go to high school with.