polygamy
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- noun
- /pəˈlɪɡəmi/
:
poligamia
- Some religious traditions still endorse polygamy, allowing individuals to have several spouses simultaneously.
- practiced polygamy
- banned polygamy
- continue to practice polygamy
How much is ancestral polygamy a myth in your opinion?
- How much is ancestral polygamy a myth in your opinion?
- And these were people that were raised within polygamy for generations.
- These kings also practice something on the order of polygamy.
- People use it as synonymous with one man, multiple women, but that's not what polygamy is.
- And so some people have suggested that polygamy or some variation of that will arise.
- And as a Catholic, obviously I disagree with the part about polygamy and all of this degeneracy that he is pushing.
Examples
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Yeah, I know that, um, it may be difficult to understand, um, but, uh, polygamy was a spiritual mission needed at the time in order to grow the ranks of our membership in the wake of much hardship and bloodshed.
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Recently, in Sweden, steps have been taken that lead to the legalization of polygamy and multipartner relationships.
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And these were people that were raised within polygamy for generations.
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The Church taught that polygamy, the marriage of a man to more than one wife, was acceptable.
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For many, polygamy is associated with a greater capacity for love and propensity for choice.
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More and more Mormon men began practicing polygamy, taking mostly younger women as their extra wives.
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In 1882, the federal Edmunds Act banned polygamy in the United States.
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Among the rulers and nobility of the Inca Empire, polygamy was the typical form of marriage.
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Polygamy's legal in Utah.
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The elimination of polygamy often translated into abandonment and dispossession for the noblemen's secondary wives.
Academic text (1999)
Compounds
How Polygamous
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Surface Forms
Morphology
polygamy = gamy (semi-transparent) = poly + gamy
The prefix poly- clearly means 'many', but the base -gamy is a learned bound form meaning marriage or spousal union rather than a common standalone word.
Etymology
Polygamy comes from the Greek parts poly- meaning 'many' and -gamy from gamos meaning 'marriage', and you can compare it to monogamy ('one marriage'). So polygamy means having more than one husband or wife at the same time.