polygamists
Those with many spouses
Polygamists are people who practice polygamy—marriage to more than one spouse at the same time.
The term most often refers to men with multiple wives, though technically it covers any configuration of plural marriage.
Polygamists may practice their lifestyle for religious, cultural, or personal reasons, though polygamy is illegal in most Western countries.
The documentary followed a community of polygamists living in rural Utah.
Union with multiple partners
- spousesMarried partners
- co-wivesFellow spouses in polygyny
- wedlockState of being spouses
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
consorts · unions · household · sister wives · polygyny · polyandry · dowry · bride price
Strict original-doctrine adherent
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- spiritual marriageCelibate religious partnership
- religious freedomRight to practice faith
- scriptureSacred religious writings
doctrine · covenant · prophet · community · colony · Quran · Islamic law · Old Testament
Study of human cultures
- kinshipState of being related
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
traditions · ethnography · communal living · lineage · social structure · patriarchy · matriarchy · family compound
Cultural or social prohibition
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- ostracismBanishment from a group
marginalization · secrecy · closeted · discrimination · judgment · nonconformity · outcasts · isolated
Making conduct unlawful
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- family lawJurisprudence of households
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- statutesFormally enacted laws
legalization · custody · inheritance · marriage fraud · immigration status · legal recognition · consent · adults
plural marriage
Union with multiple partners
matrimony · consorts · unions · household · sister wives · polygyny · polyandry · dowry · bride price · betrothal
fundamentalist
Strict original-doctrine adherent
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- spiritual marriageCelibate religious partnership
- religious freedomRight to practice faith
scripture · doctrine · covenant · prophet · community · colony · Quran · Islamic law · Old Testament · patriarchs
anthropology
Study of human cultures
customs · traditions · ethnography · communal living · lineage · social structure · patriarchy · matriarchy · family compound · ancestry
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
ostracism · marginalization · secrecy · closeted · discrimination · judgment · nonconformity · outcasts · isolated · shunned
criminalization
Making conduct unlawful
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- family lawJurisprudence of households
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
statutes · legalization · custody · inheritance · marriage fraud · immigration status · legal recognition · consent · adults · civil unions
- Mormon PioneersMormon Trail, handcarts, covered wagons, Brigham Young, pioneer settlements
- Fringe Groupsmilitias, extremists, radicals, separatists, dissidents
polygamistsmonogamists
Single-partner relationship practitioners
celibates · bachelors · spinsters · singletons · asexuals