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polycule

American  

[pahl-ee-kyool] / ˈpɑl iˌkjul /

noun

polycules plural

1. a group of people whose members are in sexual, romantic, or platonic relationships with one or more other members.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• polycules
  plural

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And the dynamic between the three central characters in “The Wedding Banquet” looks more like your modern-day polycule than it does an outrageously absurd farce.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

It's unlikely they know what a polycule is, for one.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023

“When I started dating someone else, my partner Laura expressed that she was feeling jealous,” says Mike Scoins, 28, also in the polycule.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018

Jeffrey, for instance, will meet once a week to play a Buffy the Vampire Slayer role-playing game with Scoins and the fourth member of their polycule, Laura Nevo.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018

Laura Nevo, 30, is part of a four-person polycule, along with William Jeffrey, Alex Sanson, and Mike Scoins.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018

And polyamorists may be linked in intricate relationship structures, or polycules, whose contours change over time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

Relationship networks – also known as "polycules" – can be complex and interconnected.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2021

Because of the complexity of pods and polycules, the challenges of keeping romantic relationships alive are even greater.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2021

For many poly people, their pods and polycules do not neatly overlap.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2021

I recalled the boisterous couples and polycules who’d lived in the building when I was young—all of them my cousins and uncles and aunties even though we had only marginal blood relationships to each other.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2019