Polygamy

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  • noun. The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time.
  • noun. A mating pattern in which a single individual mates with more than one individual of the opposite sex.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Marriage with more than one spouse; the having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time.
  • noun. In zoology, the practice or habit of having more than one mate of the opposite sex; polyandry or polygyny
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy. See the Note under bigamy, and cf. polyandry.
  • noun. The state or habit of having more than one mate.
  • noun. The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The having of multiple socially bonded sexual partners at the same time
  • noun. Commonly used specifically for polygyny, the marriage of a man to more than one wife, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time.
  • noun. The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
  • noun. The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. having more than one spouse at a time
    • Word Usage
    "Nichols served as lead prosecutor in all past church cases, but he was careful not to mention the word polygamy Tuesday."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    monogamy  polyandry  
    cross-reference
    concubine  harem  seraglio  
    Form
    polygamist  polygamize  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    marriage  matrimony  spousal relationship  union  wedlock  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    polyandry  polygyny  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abortion  adultery  bigamy  cannibalism  celibacy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beena marriage  bigamy  common-law marriage  companionate marriage  concubinage  
    variant
    bigamy  polyandry  
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