polygamous
Multiple marriage partners
Polygamous describes the practice of having multiple spouses simultaneously.
A polygamous marriage involves one person wed to several partners at once.
The term covers both polygyny (one husband, multiple wives) and polyandry (one wife, multiple husbands), though the former is far more common historically and globally.
In biology, polygamous describes species that mate with multiple partners: Polygamous birds may have several nesting mates each season.
Male-dominated social order
- kinshipState of being related
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
tradition · endogamy · exogamy · matchmaking · ancestors · dynasty · elders · compound
First Greek letter
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- haremWives' sequestered quarters
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
offspring · polygyny · polyandry · promiscuity · leks · fitness · colony · hierarchy
Married partner
union · betrothal · sister-wives · co-wives · brideprice · dowry · ceremony · vows
Involving mutual permission
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- triadGroup of three
- quadEnclosed campus lawn
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
boundaries · jealousy · primary · secondary · polycule · hierarchy · parallel
Binding formal pledge
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
revelation · patriarch · blessing · sanctioned · permitted · forbidden · Islamic · Mormon
Making conduct unlawful
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
recognition · custody · divorce · alimony · inheritance · registration · cohabitation · common-law
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
lineage · tradition · endogamy · exogamy · matchmaking · ancestors · dynasty · elders · compound · household
alpha
First Greek letter
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- haremWives' sequestered quarters
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
territory · offspring · polygyny · polyandry · promiscuity · leks · fitness · colony · hierarchy · display
spouse
Married partner
nuptial · union · betrothal · sister-wives · co-wives · brideprice · dowry · ceremony · vows · fidelity
consensual
Involving mutual permission
communication · boundaries · jealousy · primary · secondary · polycule · hierarchy · parallel
covenant
Binding formal pledge
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- scriptureSacred religious writings
dispensation · revelation · patriarch · blessing · sanctioned · permitted · forbidden · Islamic · Mormon · Biblical
criminalization
Making conduct unlawful
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
legitimacy · recognition · custody · divorce · alimony · inheritance · registration · cohabitation · common-law · statutory
- relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- lifestylessimple living, city life, family life, minimalism, rural life
gamy, polygamy, bigamy, monogamy, poly, monogamous, gamete, polygamist, bigamous