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View synonyms for monogamous

monogamous

[ muh-nog-uh-muhs ]

adjective

  1. practicing or advocating monogamy.
  2. of or relating to monogamy.


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Other Words From

  • mo·noga·mous·ly adverb
  • mo·noga·mous·ness noun
  • nonmo·noga·mous adjective
  • nonmo·noga·mous·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monogamous1

First recorded in 1760–70; from Late Latin monogamus, from Greek monógamos “marrying only once,” equivalent to mono- + -gamous

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Example Sentences

The monogamous or safe-only gay man is a far safer bet than the unprotected hetero swinger.

And so monogamous married people tend to “read” as gay or straight, but some may actually be bisexual.

Fernandez-Duque discovered that owl monkeys are the only reliably monogamous mammal species.

He and Turner, whose devoted relationship is “very deep and loving,” are not monogamous.

There are open relationships and monogamous relationships and serious dating and sleeping around.

Discusses the sex-customs now existing in the world, and their relation to the ideal of monogamous love.

There is no use talking to them about monogamous love, because all they understand is hypocrisy.

Let us first consider the question, just what are the true and proper implications of monogamous love?

So far in this discussion we have assumed that love means monogamous love.

It is a fact that Anglo-Saxon civilization has always refused legal recognition to non-monogamous marriage.

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