monogamous
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5.3
- adjective
- /məˈnɑɡəməs/
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monógamo
- In a monogamous relationship, both partners agree to date only each other exclusively.
- a monogamous marriage
- a monogamous relationship
- a monogamous partner
Yes, men can be monogamous and yes, women can cheat.
- Yes, men can be monogamous and yes, women can cheat.
- We didn't live in long term monogamous relationships.
- We want Penguins to be cuddly, fluffy, lovely, monogamous sweet little animals.
- So I might be monogamous with one person my entire life.
- I'd be like bro like why y'all always trying to put monogamous people in Poly relationships?
- Unless you're then defining your relationship as not monogamous.
- So if people are cheating, is that relationship monogamous?
- I love the idea of, you know, like a lifelong partner, a monogamous relationship, kids, all of that.
- But what that means is that for a population that is expanding, a monogamous mating system makes sense.
- One is that we must be monogamous to another person if we want to be moral.
- Humans are pretty unusual in the mammal world in that we are somewhat monogamous.
- And so I think that we have many kinds of love, one of them being a monogamous love.
- Yeah, I I think we, we, the way that that this becomes an issue is why would you have a non monogamous relationship?
- I'm in a monogamous, happy relationship with the most amazing guy you've met today, actually.
Examples
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We tend to create and evaluate family models based on common notions and beliefs about monogamous marriage.
Academic text (1994) -
In contrast to the other bowerbirds, it is monogamous and does not build a formal bower.
Academic text (2004) -
So I might be monogamous with one person my entire life.
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OK, yeah, we're we're in a long term monogamous relationship.
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So it's about as monogamous as it gets.
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If we're not, if we're not in a monogamous relationship, I'll let you know.
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Some statistics have the monogamous marriage at about one in three here in America.
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I love the idea of, you know, like a lifelong partner, a monogamous relationship, kids, all of that.
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I'm in a monogamous, happy relationship with the most amazing guy you've met today, actually.
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Once settled in a monogamous relationship, Eleanor again became an active ritual participant.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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2.1
Having sex only with your husband, wife, or partner
Having only one male mate at a time
Antonyms
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7.8
Having romantic relationships with more than one person at the same time with everyone's agreement
How Monogamous
Surface Forms
Morphology
monogamous = monogamy (transparent) = mono + gam + ous
The adjective is a regular derivation from 'monogamy' with '-ous', meaning 'having or relating to monogamy' is straightforward.
Etymology
Monogamous comes from the Greek parts mono- meaning 'one', the same mono- you see in monopoly, and -gamous meaning 'marriage'. So it means 'one marriage', which explains why it describes having only one partner or being married to only one person.