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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

dissolução

Pronunciation / Transliteration: di.so.luˈsãw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dissoluteness/ˈdɪs.ə.luːt.nəs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A dissolução dos costumes era evidente na nobreza."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Laxity in morals and a reckless pursuit of self-indulgence and sensual pleasure.

    "The novel depicts the moral decay and dissoluteness of high society during the regency period."
  2. 2

    The state or quality of being loose, unrestrained, or lacking discipline.

    "His habitual dissoluteness eventually ruined his career and alienated all his friends."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin dissolutus, past participle of dissolvere meaning 'to loosen, dissolve, or break apart'. Entering Middle English via Old French in the 15th century, the term originally denoted a general laxity or breaking down of moral restraint, later specifically narrowing to mean unrestrained self-indulgence and debauchery.

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