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Definition: Prostitution |
ProstitutionNoun1. Offering sexual intercourse for pay. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prostitution" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Prostitution \Pros`ti*tu"tion\, noun. [Latin expression prostitutio: compare to the French expression prostitution.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The practice of indulging in promiscuous sexual relations for money. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically oral sex or sexual intercourse, less often anal sex) for money or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. A person selling sexual favors is a prostitute, a type of sex worker.
Most prostitutes are women offering their services to men (known as johns (US) or punters (UK)), but male prostitutes offering their services to male customers also exist and are called hustlers or rent boys.
Male prostitutes offering services to female customers are comparatively rare and are known as gigolos.
Prostitutes are stigmatized in most societies and religions; their customers are typically stigmatized to a lesser degree.
The term prostitution is sometimes used in the more general meaning of having sex in order to achieve a certain goal different from procreation or pleasure. This includes forms of religious prostitution, in which sex is practiced in compliance with religious precepts. Prostitution in this broader sense is also commonly used in espionage.
Another generalization is using the term or an equivalent for earning well in an unscrupulous degrading manner, e.g. quote whore.
The term pimp is sometimes used figuratively, as in poverty pimp.
Prostitution today occurs in various quite different settings.
In addition to the first world, this also takes place in countries of South Asia such as India and Thailand, where young girls are sometimes sold to brothel owners. In modern day Thailand this is becoming much rarer.
While in both of these societies visiting prostitutes is a common and almost normal behavior, Thailand is also a destination of sex tourists, travellers from rich countries in search of cheap sexual services. Other popular sex tourism destinations are Brazil, the Caribbean, and former eastern bloc countries.
Female prostitutes, especially street prostitutes, are commonly associated with a pimp, a man who lives off the proceeds of several prostitutes and may offer some protection in return. The relationship between pimp and prostitute is often abusive.
Female managers of brothels or escort services are known as madams.
There are other commercial sexual activities that are generally not classified as prostitution. These include acting and modeling for pornographic materials, even if this involves engaging in sexual intercourse; exotic dancing, which is naked, sexually provocative acting (sometimes involving masturbation) without physical contact with the customer;
lap dancing, where the dancer may come into contact with the customer in sexually provocative but strictly limited ways; and the services of professional dominants.
In street prostitution, the prostitute solicits customers while waiting at street corners or walking alongside a street, usually dressed in skimpy, suggestive clothing. Often the prostitute appears to mind his or her own business and waits for the customer to initiate contact. The act is performed in the customer's car or in a nearby rented room. This is the lowest paid and most dangerous form of prostitution; street prostitutes are often drug addicts and are commonly subjected to violence by both their pimps and customers.
Street prostitutes may or may not have a pimp.
Pimps often target vulnerable women and young girls who have run away from home, initially offering themselves as lovers or father-figures. After introducing their victims to prostitution, they often use beatings and drug addiction to maintain their victim's dependency. Pimps are also commonly low-echelon drug dealers.
The unadorned act of exchanging money for sex among adults is legal in most countries; the United States (except for seven counties in Nevada), some Muslim and various Communist countries being notable exceptions.
At one end of the spectrum, prostitution carries the death penalty in some Muslim countries; at the other end, prostitutes are tax paying and unionized professionals in the Netherlands and brothels are legal and advertising businesses there (however, the age of consent for prostitutes is 18, while in general it is 16). The legal situation in Germany is almost as liberal as in the Netherlands.
In most countries, however, it is almost impossible to engage in most forms of prostitution legally because several surrounding activities, such as advertising, solicitation, pimping, or owning, operating or working in a brothel are illegal.
Rules vary which roles in prostitution are illegal: being a prostitute, being a client and/or being a pimp. Sweden outlaws the buying but not the selling of sex.
Law enforcement is typically concentrated against establishments engaged in sexual slavery or owned by organized crime, and against forms of prostitution that generate citizen complaints.
In most countries where prostitution is illegal, at least some forms of it are tolerated. It has often been alleged that this situation allows the police to extort money or services from prostitutes in exchange for "looking the other way".
In some jurisdictions, such as Nevada (see: prostitution in Nevada), Switzerland and several Australian states, prostitution is legal but heavily regulated.
Such approaches are taken with the recognition that prostitution is impossible to eliminate in an open society, and thus these societies have chosen to regulate it in ways that reduce the more undesirable aspects of the practice. Goals of such regulations include controlling sexually transmitted disease, reducing sexual slavery, controlling where brothels may operate, as well as other reasons that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Daily Planet is a brothel in Melbourne, Australia of which since 2003 shares are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Several western countries have recently enacted laws punishing citizens who, as sex-tourists, engage in sex with minors in other countries. These laws are rarely enforced.
Pimping is a sex crime in many jurisdictions. In 1949, the United Nations adopted a convention stating that prostitution is incompatible with human dignity, requiring all signing parties to punish pimps and brothel owners and operators, and to abolish all special treatment or registration of prostitutes. The convention was ratified by 89 countries with the notable exceptions of Germany, the Netherlands and the United States.
Since prostitutes tend to have large numbers of sexual partners, prostitution has often been associated with the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, like AIDS.
There are a number of typical responses to this problem:
Both of the last two measures can be viewed as harm reduction policies.
Many countries have sex worker advocacy groups which lobby against criminalization and discrimination of prostitutes.
These groups generally oppose Nevada-style regulation and oversight, stating that prostitution should be treated like other professions.
Other groups, often with religious backgrounds, focus on offering women a way out of the world of prostitution while not taking a position on the legal question.
The feminist position towards prostitution is divided: while some feminists theorize prostitution as an act of sexual self-determination, decry discrimination and demand destigmatization and decriminalization, others, exemplified by the American radical feminist and ex-prostitute Andrea Dworkin, consider it to be sexual abuse or even rape.
The former group pushed a law reform in Germany, resulting in January 2002 in the recognition of prostitution as a regular profession, making it possible for prostitutes to join the social security and health care system and to form trade unions.
The latter faction of feminists was able to implement the remarkable law mentioned above, in Sweden in 1999, when buying sexual favors was outlawed there but selling them was not.
Prostitution is often called "the oldest profession in the world".
One of the first forms is sacred prostitution, supposedly practiced among Sumerians.
In ancient sources (Herodotus, Thucydides) there are many traces of sacred prostitution, starting perhaps with Babylon, where each woman had to reach, once a year, the sanctuary of Militta (Aphrodites or Nana/Anahita), and there have sex with a foreigner, as a sign of hospitality, for a symbolic price.
A similar type of prostitution was practiced in Cyprus (Paphus) and in Corinth, where the temple counted more than a thousand prostitutes (hierodules), according to Strabo. It was widely in use in Sardinia and in some of the Phoenician cultures, usually in honour of the goddess Astarte (or Ishtar). Presumedly by the Phoenicians, this practice was developed in other ports of the Mediterranean Sea, like in Erice (Sicily), in Locri Epizephiri, Croton, Rossano Vaglio, Sicca Veneria and other towns. Other hypothesis regard Asia Minor, Lydia, Syria and Etruscans.
It was common in Israel too, but some prophets, like Hosea and Ezekiel strongly fought it; it is assumed that it was part of the cults of Canaan, where a significant proportion of prostitutes were male.
In ancient Rome, the priestesses of goddess Vesta had the two duties of
always maintaining lit the goddess' fire, and to initiate young boys to sex at the moment of tonsura. The famous Rea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus, was one of these. The use of maintaining an always lit fire has been recorded in many coastal temples, and has been ideally connected with the preference (or exclusive licence) granted to sailors to use these services. It has been supposed that these fires should indicate the route to sailors, exactly like modern lighthouses.
In ancient Greek and Roman societies, common prostitutes were independent and sometimes influential women who were required to wear distinctive dresses and had to pay taxes. Some similarities have been found between the greek Hetaera and the japanese Geisha, complex figures that are perhaps in an intermediate position between prostitution and courtisanerie.
In Greece, Solon instituted the first of Athens' brothels (oik`iskoi) in the 6th century BC, and with the earnings of this business he built a temple dedicated to Aprodites Pandemo (or Qedesh), patron goddess of this commerce. The greek word for prostitute is porne, derived from the verb pernemi (to sell), with the evident modern evolution. The procuring was however severely forbidden.
Each specialised category had its proper name, so there were the chamaitypa`i, working outdoor (lie-down), the perepatetikes who met their customers while walking (and then worked in their houses), the gephyrides, who worked near the bridges. In the 5th century, Ateneo informs us that the price was of 1 obole, a sixth of a dracma and the equivalent of an ordinary worker's day salary. The rare pictures describe that sex was performed on beds with covers and pillows, while triclinia usually didn't have these accessories.
In the Bible there are many stories about common prostitution, with also a case (Tamar) of a false prostitute that commits incest with her father-in-law (Judah). In Jericho, a prostitute named Rahab assisted the Israelite spies. In Jewish legend, she was rewarded for this by later marrying Joshua.
Throughout the Middle Ages, prostitution flourished in Europe and brothels were often operated by municipalities. The outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases in the 16th century and the Reformation led to stricter controls.
In some periods prostitutes had to distinguish themselves by particular signs, sometimes wearing very short hair or no hair at all. Ancient codes regulated in this case the crime of a prostitute that dissimulated her profession. In some cultures, prostitutes were the sole women allowed to sing in public.
In the 18th century, presumedly in Venice, prostitutes started using condoms, made with catgut or cow bowel.
In the United States, prostitution was made illegal in almost all states between 1910 and 1915. In 1917 the legally defined prostitution district Storyville in New Orleans was closed down by the Federal government over local objections.
Communist countries have often claimed that prostitution does not exist within their borders.
In the 1970s some religious groups were discovered practicing religious prostitution as an instrument to make new adepts.
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Overview
A Gay Party in a Brothel
by Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
Types of Prostitution
In many wealthy countries, illegal immigrants work in prostitution, often against their will. The term used for forcing people into prostitution is "sexual slavery".Street prostitution
An example of street prostitution.
Legal Situation
Medical situation
Some think that the first two measures can be counter-productive. Banning prostitution tends to drive it underground, making treatment and monitoring more difficult. Registering prostitutes makes the state complicit in prostitution, effectively making the state into a pimp, and still does not address the behavior of unregistered prostitutes.Politics
History
Links and References
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Prostitution."
Synonyms: ProstitutionSynonyms: harlotry (n), whoredom (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Impairment, inquination, injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration, outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath; perversion, prostitution, vitiation, discoloration, oxidation, pollution, defoedation, poisoning, venenation, leaven, contamination, canker, corruption, adulteration, alloy. |
Impurity | Prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim. coNoun: free love. |
Misuse | Abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prostitution |
| English words defined with "prostitution": brothel keeper ♦ fraudulent scheme ♦ illegitimate enterprise ♦ madam ♦ Panel house, Prostibulous, Putage, Putanism ♦ racket ♦ street ♦ The social evil ♦ venality, vice squad, victimless crime ♦ white slave. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prostitution": Aholibah ♦ Hetærism ♦ ROOM. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "prostitution": meretricious. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Prostitution" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (desecration, draggle-tail, harlot, harlotry, lewdness, prostitution, rapes, streetwalking, whoredom), German (prostitution), Swedish (prostitution). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Prostitution heute (1970) Dossier Prostitution (1969) Seitenstraße der Prostitution (1967) La Prostitution (1962) | |
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 | [Public Health - United States] : [Map of states with laws against prostitution, January, 1944]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Pour trois jeunes sur cinq, La Prostitution. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Prostitution spreads syphilis and gonorrhea / Karsakov. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | But this state of things finds its complement in the practical absence of the family among the proletarians, and in public prostitution. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It goes by the naked names of theft, prostitution, murder, and assassination. |
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Business | At the same time, however, political dissent as well as social problems such as inflation, urban migration, and prostitution emerged. (references) | |
Shari'a courts frequently impose flogging (except in Dubai) on Muslims found guilty of adultery, prostitution, and drug and alcohol abuse. (references) | ||
This was a 20 percent increase from 1992. The children themselves often become involved with alcohol, drugs, prostitution, and petty thievery. (references) | ||
Children | Cuba | It is illegal for a person under 17 years of age to engage in prostitution. (references) |
Argentina | The National Council for Childhood, Adolescence, and the Family has developed an Action Plan, together with the Attorney General, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, the National Council of Women, and UNICEF, on the elimination of child prostitution. (references) | |
Malawi | Although the age of sexual consent is 14, there is no age specified for the protection of minors from sexual exploitation, child prostitution, or child pornography. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Morocco | These included reports on corruption in the Government and military, financial scandals at public institutions, sensitive human rights-related court cases, torture, violence against women, the exploitation of child maids, prostitution, poverty, sexual abuse of children, and harsh conditions inside prisons. (references) |
Iran | Previously Baha'i marriages were not recognized by the Government, leaving Baha'i women open to charges of prostitution. (references) | |
Economic History | Saudi Arabia | These bombings are suspected of being connected with the illegal alcohol trade and prostitution rings in the Kingdom. (references) |
Human Rights | Dominican Republic | Newspapers and human rights groups report that there is extensive drug and arms trafficking within the prisons, as well as prostitution and sexual abuse, including abuse of minors. (references) |
Philippines | Favored inmates reportedly enjoy access to outside contacts, enabling them to trade in prostitution and drugs. (references) | |
Iraq | In a report released in January, Amnesty International reported that in October 2000 the Government had executed dozens of women accused of prostitution. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Taiwan | The sale of Aborigine children into prostitution by their parents reportedly no longer occurs. (references) |
Minorities | Lebanon | Drug addiction, prostitution, and crime reportedly are increasing in the camps, although reliable statistics are not available. (references) |
Political Economy | Georgia | Trafficking for the purpose of forced labor and prostitution was a problem. (references) |
Women | East Timor | UNTAET regulations prohibit prostitution; however, UNTAET has not released comprehensive statistics regarding prostitution. (references) |
Marshall Islands | The only truly organized prostitution is run by and caters to foreigners, primarily the crews of foreign fishing vessels. (references) | |
Poland | However, due to a crackdown on prostitutes who work along major thoroughfares and at truck stops, the prostitution industry has moved to brothels, massage parlors, or agencies offering escort services. (references) | |
Worker Rights | United Arab Emirates | In an effort to combat prostitution, the Dubai police conduct special patrols in areas frequented by prostitutes, and the immigration and police forces have formed special units that conduct raids and sting operations in areas known to be frequented by prostitutes. (references) |
Thailand | Illegal immigrants generally are repatriated as soon as possible; however, in order to implement the new policy of special treatment for victims of trafficking, Department of Public Welfare (DOPW) officials try to pick up underage and illegally entered women arrested for prostitution and house them in one of the government shelter houses. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | The Kazakhstan Government reported in June that it broke up a trafficking ring that specialized in sending women to the country for prostitution. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Prostitution" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "Prostitution" is used about 418 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.76% | 417 | 13,597 |
| Noun (common) | 0.24% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 418 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "prostitution": house of prostitution. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "prostitution": anti-prostitution, high-prostitution. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "prostitution"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prostitucion (harlotry, vice, whoredom), kurvërim (fornication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نياكة, زنى (commit adultery, fornicate, prostitute, whore), دعارة (harlotry, perverseness, perversity, whoredom), بغاء (harlotry, whoredom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | проституция (harlotry), проституиране (whoredom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 卖淫 (Prostituted, Prostituting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prostituce (harlotry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | menneskehandel i prostitutionsøjemed (trade in human beings for the purpose of prostitution), kanal for udnyttelse af prostituerede (structure of organized prostitution), børneprostitution (child prostitution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prostitutie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | prostituado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | prostituutio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prostitution. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Prostituition, Hurerei (harlotry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πορνεία (fornication, harlotry, white slavery, whoredom, whoring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יצא ות (harlotry), תז ות (fornication, whoredom), קיקולין (disgrace), קלון (disgrace, infamy, shame), זמ" (carnality, incest, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, salacity, whoredom), ז ות (fornication, harlotry, incest, whoredom), אוף (adultery, fornication, infidelity, lewdness), אפוף (adultery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | prostitúció (game, social evil, the social evil, whoredom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pelacuran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prostituzione (harlotry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 買春 , 淫売 , 売淫 , 売春 , 切り売り主義 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きりうりしゅぎ, ばいしゅ", ばいい", い"ばい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 매춘 (Prostituting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | streebeeys (bawdiness, street-walking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | prostitushon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ostitutionpray prostituição (whoredom). (various references) prostituţie (harlotry). (various references) проституция (harlotry, whoredom). (various references) prostitucija (vice). (various references) prostitución (game, harlotry). (various references) prostitution. (various references) orospuluk (harlotry, the social evil), fuhuş (the social evil), fahişelik (harlotry, social evil). (various references) проституювання, проституція (harlotry, whoredom). (various references) sự l m đĩ. (various references) puteindra (harlotry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fornicatio, fornicatione, fornicationem, fornicationes, fornicationi, fornicationibus, fornicationis, fornicationum, meretricium, prostitutione, prostitutionis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 6, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En tw oikw israhl eidon frikwdh ekei porneian tou efraim emianqh israhl kai iouda |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In domo Israhel vidi horrendum ibi fornicationes Ephraim contaminatus est Israhel |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In the hous of Yrael Y saw an orrible thing; there the fornycaciouns of Effraym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the prostitution of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In Israel I have seen a very evil thing; there false ways are seen in Ephraim, Israel is unclean; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hosea Chapter 6, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Sa balay sa Israel akong nakita ang usa ka makalilisang nga butang: didto ang pagpakighilawas maoy makita diha sa Ephraim, ang Israel gihugawan. |
| Croatian | Strahotu vidjeh u domu Izraelovu; Efrajim se ondje bludu odaje i skvrni se Izrael. |
| Danish | Grufulde Ting har jeg set i Israels Hus, der har Efraim bolet, Israel blev uren. |
| Dutch | Ik zie een afschuwelijke zaak in het huis Israels; aldaar is Efraims hoererij, Israel is verontreinigd. |
| Finnish | Israelin heimon keskuudessa minä olen nähnyt kauhistuttavia tekoja: siellä on Efraimin haureus, Israel on itsensä saastuttanut. |
| French | Dans la maison d`Israël j`ai vu des choses horribles: L Éphraïm se prostitue, Israël se souille. |
| German | Ich sehe im Hause Israel, davor mir graut; denn da hurt Ephraim und verunreinigt sich Israel. |
| Hungarian | Rettenetes dolgokat látok Izráel házában. Ott van Efraim paráználkodása; meg van fertõztetve Izráel. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di Israel Aku melihat sesuatu yang mengerikan: umat-Ku menajiskan dirinya dengan menyembah berhala. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Aku melihat suatu perkara yang keji di antara bangsa Israel, mulai dari pada masa Efrayim berkendak dan Israel mencemarkan dirinya. |
| Italian | Orribili cose ho visto in Betel; l si è prostituito Efraim, si è contaminato Israele. |
| Maori | He hanga whakawehi taku i kite ai ki te whare o Iharaira: he puremu e kitea ana ki Eparaima, kua poke a Iharaira. |
| Norwegian | I Israels hus har jeg sett grufulle ting; der driver Efra'im hor, der er Israel blitt urent. |
| Portuguese | Vejo uma coisa horrenda na casa de Israel; ali está a prostituição de Efraim; Israel está contaminado. |
| Rumanian | Kn casa lui Israel am vqzut lucruri grozave: acolo Efraim curvewte, Israel se spurcq. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "prostitution": prostitutions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "prostitution": antiprostitution. (additional references) | |
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"Prostitution" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prostetution, prostitutio, prostitutional, prostotution. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Expression | Similar | Related | Narrower | Broader |
| AIDS | Prostitution | |||
| Brothels | Prostitution | |||
| Crimes | Prostitution | |||
| Crimes without victims | Prostitution | |||
| Criminal law | Prohibitions on conduct | Prison law Product counterfeiting Prostitution | ||
| Forced prostitution | Prostitution | |||
| Offenses against the public | Prostitution | |||
| Prostitution | AIDS Brothels Crimes Sex Sex crimes Sexually transmitted diseases | Forced prostitution | Crimes without victims Criminal law Offenses against the public Sex-oriented businesses | |
| Sex | Pregnancy Prostitution | Premarital sex | ||
| Sex crimes | Prostitution | |||
| Sex-oriented businesses | Prostitution | |||
| Sexually transmitted diseases | Prostitution | |||
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prostitution" (pronounced prÄ'stutuw"shun) |
| 8 | -s t u t uw" sh u n | constitution, institution, restitution, substitution. |
| 4 | -uw" sh u n | absolution, attribution, contribution, counterrevolution, devolution, dilution, diminution, dissolution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, lilliputian, persecution, pollution, prosecution, redistribution, resolution, retribution, revolution, solution. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dimension, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: institutor. | |
-3 letters: outpoints, outsprint, printouts, sortition. | |
-4 letters: introits, outpoint, outports, outstrip, outtrots, portions, position, positron, postriot, printout, sorption, spittoon, tortious, tortonis, tuitions, turnspit. | |
-5 letters: inpours, intorts, introit, intrust, intuits, ironist, nitroso, nitrous, options, outport, outpost, outtrot, portion, potions, protist, protons, riotous, risotto, spinout, tittups, torsion, tortoni, tourist, tritons, tropins, tuition, turnips, unroots, uproots, utopist. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: prostitutions. | |
+4 letters: antiprostitution, counterpetitions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Vocabulary: Related | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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