Meaning & use

womanizing

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The practice of a man having many casual sexual or romantic relationships with women.

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His reputation for womanizing eventually cost him his marriage.

Friends warned her about his history of womanizing before she started dating him.

A note on using this word

Womanizing derives from 'womanizer,' a term for a man who pursues many romantic conquests, and carries a disapproving tone.

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fidelityfaithfulness

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