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Polygyny

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.

n. Zoology A mating pattern in which a male mates with more than one female in a single breeding season.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - H. Spencer

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Marriage or cohabitation of one man with more than one woman at the same time; polygamy as practised by the male.

n. Of a male animal, the state of having more than one female mate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. having more than one wife at a time

Word Usage

"That latter is exceedingly rare, which is why the researchers use the term polygyny and not the often misused polygamy, which refers to multiple partners for both sexes."

Antonym

monogyny monogamy polyandry

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

polygamy

Form

polygynous polygynist

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Aborigine aborigine

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

concubinage polygamist polyandry monogamy freeness