antipolygamy
Opposing plural marriage
Antipolygamy describes opposition to the practice of having multiple spouses simultaneously.
The term appears most often in historical contexts, particularly regarding 19th-century U.S. laws targeting Mormon plural marriage: antipolygamy legislation, the antipolygamy movement.
As an adjective, it modifies nouns like laws, campaigns, or activists.
Loyalty or exactness
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- exclusivityState of being limited
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
chastity · loyalty · devotion · integrity · decency · values · principles · matrimony
Official enactment of statutes
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- criminalizationMaking conduct unlawful
- statuteEnacted written rule
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
penalty · prosecution · unlawful · regulation · code · banning · illegal · felony
fidelity
Loyalty or exactness
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- exclusivityState of being limited
virtue · chastity · loyalty · devotion · integrity · decency · values · principles · matrimony · conjugal
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- criminalizationMaking conduct unlawful
- statuteEnacted written rule
enforcement · penalty · prosecution · unlawful · regulation · code · banning · illegal · felony · indictment
opposition
Active resistance or dissent
condemnation · protest · criticism · objection · petition · dissent · disapproval · lobbying · movement · crusade
antipolygamypolygamy
Multiple concurrent spouses
polygamist · plural marriage · polygyny · polyandry · polygynist
anti, polygamy, polygamist, polygamous, polygamists, monogamy, monogamous, bigamy, bigamist