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polygyny
  1. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.
  2. The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the absence of inbreeding, the most extreme value of coancestry is achieved by male polygyny together with female philopatry.”
      “However, the degree of dimorphism in some clades of mammals, including perissodactyls, does not correlate with the degree of polygyny.”
      “In the past Coras practiced polygyny, with a man marrying several sisters, but this practice is dying out.”
polygamy
  1. The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
  2. Specifically, polygyny, the marriage of a man to more than one wife, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The combination of matrilocal residence and polygamy has produced the same effects that it has in the Comoros.”
      “Mpika is one district in which people still practice polygamy and wife inheritance.”
      “I also want to discourage polyphobia, or the abhorrence of polygamy, that is circulating in our schools, communities, and legislature.”
polygamist
  1. One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A polygamist is a law-breaking individual who engages in multiple marriages, often defying legal and social norms.”
      “The case was believed to be the first brought against a polygamist in the United States in nearly 50 years.”
      “Most likely, the leadership is using this initiative to wage war against their own renegade, polygamist brethren.”
polygamists
  1. plural of polygamist
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These polygamists got dirty later than monogamous males, remaining clean until their second female began laying.”
      “The sexes of other pachydermatous animals differ very little or not at all, and, as far as known, they are not polygamists.”
      “State constitutional bans on polygamy block polygamists from enacting laws that they like.”
polygamies
polygynies
  1. plural of polygyny
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