polygamic
Having multiple spouses
Polygamic means relating to or characterized by polygamy—having multiple spouses simultaneously.
The term appears in anthropological and legal contexts describing marriage systems: polygamic societies, polygamic arrangements.
It can also describe plants or animals with multiple mating partners.
Polygamous is the more common form.
Union with multiple partners
- multiple spousesMore than one married partner
- co-wivesFellow spouses in polygyny
- group marriageMultiple spouses united legally
- polygynyMultiple simultaneous wives
polyandry · conjugal · matrimony · wedlock · spousal · harem · nuptial · consort
Multiple simultaneous wives
- polyandryOne female, several mates
- kinshipState of being related
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
ethnography · matrilineal · patrilineal · exogamy · endogamy · lineage · descent · consanguinity
Cultural or social prohibition
- debateFormal argument on issues
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
criticism · objection · religious objection · prosecution · reform · decriminalization · consent · exploitation
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- bondingForming close connections
- familyRelated people together
companionship · affection · fidelity · trust · communication · respect · jealousy · scheduling
plural marriage
Union with multiple partners
- multiple spousesMore than one married partner
- co-wivesFellow spouses in polygyny
- group marriageMultiple spouses united legally
polygyny · polyandry · conjugal · matrimony · wedlock · spousal · harem · nuptial · consort · cohabitation
polygyny
Multiple simultaneous wives
tribe · ethnography · matrilineal · patrilineal · exogamy · endogamy · lineage · descent · consanguinity · affinity
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
contentious · criticism · objection · religious objection · prosecution · reform · decriminalization · consent · exploitation · patriarchy
multiple partners
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- bondingForming close connections
family · companionship · affection · fidelity · trust · communication · respect · jealousy · scheduling · hierarchy