Polygyny

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  • noun. The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A mating pattern in which a male mates with more than one female in a single breeding season.
  • noun. The condition of having more than one queen. Used of an insect colony.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Marriage or cohabitation of one man with more than one woman at the same time; polygamy as practised by the male.
  • noun. Of a male animal, the state of having more than one female mate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - H. Spencer
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  • noun. having more than one wife at a time
    • Word Usage
    "That latter is exceedingly rare, which is why the researchers use the term polygyny and not the often misused polygamy, which refers to multiple partners for both sexes."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    monogamy  monogyny  polyandry  
    Form
    polygynist  polygynous  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    polygamy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aborigine  aborigine  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alongwith  bigamy  bimetallism  cannibalism  catastrophism  
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