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monogamy

[ muh-nog-uh-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

monogamy

/ mɒˈnɒɡəmɪ /

the state or practice of having only one husband or wife over a period of time Compare bigamy polygamy digamy
zoology the practice of having only one mate

monogamy

A form of marriage in which one man is united with one woman. ( Compare polyandry and polygamy .)

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin monogamia, from Greek monogamía, equivalent to mono- + -gamy

C17: via French from Late Latin monogamia, from Greek; see mono- + -gamy

He talks candidly about the saga, non-monogamy, assisted suicide, and why he is ‘bored’ of the gay actor debate.

As Davies tells it, monogamy did not have much of a grip on the upper levels of public life.

What if gay marriage really will change the institution of marriage, shifting conceptions around monogamy and intimacy?

If you think about it, actual monogamy has never been the Western norm.

He might have fallen off the monogamy wagon a couple of times after that, but I have to tell you, not very much.

If we cannot justify monogamy by the facts of life, we shall declare ourselves for polygamy.

My defense of monogamy is based upon the fact that I have never known any happy or successful "free lovers."

I hope that none of my readers understands by "monogamy" any such system of spiritual strangulation.

The third reason is that monogamy is economical of human time and thought.

Well, then I am surprised youve never noticed that such animals live in monogamy.

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