polygamic

[ pol-ee-gam-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1810–20; polygam(y) + -ic

Side by side with these long secular changes, he evolved the family, communal or patriarchal, polygamic or monogamous.

The “Oneida Communists” are essentially polygamic, although they have no marriage system.

This is the solid fact underlying the more hazardous statement, so often made, that woman is monogamic and man polygamic.

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