polygamous
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- adjective
- /pəˈlɪɡəməs/
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polígamo
- In some cultures, it is common for men to have more than one wife, which is referred to as being polygamous.
- polygamous marriage
- polygamous family
- polygamous wives
Because clearly polygamous societies suit the high status men best.
- Because clearly polygamous societies suit the high status men best.
- And what drove much of this was that these kin groups generally practice polygamous mating.
- In fact, humans were much more like animals in the distant past in that they were, they were in polygamous relationships.
Examples
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Mackert didn't have a choice about growing up in a polygamous family.
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Finally, social workers should also consider making children in polygamous families a target system for intervention.
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Children are less often in school when they are living in a polygamous environment.
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Well, humans are relatively polygamous species.
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Because clearly polygamous societies suit the high status men best.
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When there is a polygamous guy, other men will necessarily have fewer opportunities.
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Differences have been noted concerning senior and junior wives in a polygamous marriage.
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In practice, there are distinct factions among brothers who share the same mother in the polygamous royal family.
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If we lived in another society, we might use a polygamous marriage paradigm to construct family models.
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For polygamous households, there is insufficient information to determine which of the household head's wives is the "real" grandmother.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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Open to having more than one romantic partner with everyone's consent
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Having romantic relationships with more than one person at the same time with everyone's agreement
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A social system where a male has more than one female partner at the same time
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Having more than one romantic or sexual partner at the same time
A woman or female animal that has more than one husband at the same time
Antonyms
How Polygamous
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Surface Forms
Morphology
polygamous = polygamy (opaque) = poly + gam + ous
The word is built from the classical elements poly- 'many' and gam- 'marriage/mating', but the full meaning is not directly recoverable for an average learner.
Etymology
Polygamous comes from the Greek parts poly- 'many' and gamos 'marriage', the same root you see in monogamy ('one marriage'). So a polygamous person has more than one spouse or partner at the same time.