monogamy
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monogamy (mɒˈnɒɡəmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | bigamy polygamy Compare digamy the state or practice of having only one husband or wife over a period of time |
| 2. | zoology the practice of having only one mate |
| [C17: via French from Late Latin monogamia, from Greek; see | |
| mo'nogamous | |
| —adj | |
| mo'nogamously | |
| —adv | |
| mo'nogamousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
monogamy
1610s, from Fr. monogamie, from L.L. monogamia, from Gk. monogamia, from monogamos "marrying only once," from monos "single, alone" + gamos "marriage."
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monogamy mo·nog·a·my (mə-nŏg'ə-mē)
n.
The practice or condition of being married to only one person at a time.
The condition of having only one mate.
mo·nog'a·mous adj.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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monogamy
the custom that allows a person to be legally married to only one spouse at one time. Appearing in two general forms, monogamy may imply a lifelong contract between two individuals that may be broken only under penalty-as prevails in the Roman Catholic and Hindu prescriptions for marriage-or it may imply that persons are required to be monogamous but may change spouses repeatedly, a practice sometimes called serial monogamy.
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Example sentences
Feathers, claws, and beaks of the cranes are also used in drinks and as decorations for promoting monogamy and affection.
Dim sum frees you from culinary monogamy, never asking you to commit.
Every character is a walking placard-for capitalism or idealism or monogamy or the status quo.
He was a serial monogamist, only he wasn't so hot on the monogamy part.
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