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Definition of Monogamy
1. Noun. Having only one spouse at a time.
Generic synonyms: Marriage, Matrimony, Spousal Relationship, Union, Wedlock
Specialized synonyms: Monogyny, Serial Monogamy
Derivative terms: Monogamous, Monogamist, Monogamous
Definition of Monogamy
1. n. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.
Definition of Monogamy
1. Noun. A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monogamy
1. marriage with one person at a time [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Monogamy
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1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; opposed to deuterogamy.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Monogamy
Literary usage of Monogamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family by Charles Jean Marie Letourneau (1895)
"monogamy of the common people in Mexico and Peru—Civil marriage in Peru. III.
... monogamy among the Mongols of Asia.—monogamy in reality in ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Moreover, polygamous unions are, as a rule, modified in the direction of monogamy,
inasmuch as one of the wives, usually the first married, ..."
3. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"The key of this problem is grasped when it is once monogamy, ... The tendency to
vary from monogamy in the opposite directions of polygamy and polyandry ..."
4. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"monogamy, The key of this problem is grasped when it is once ap- ... The tendency
to vary from monogamy in the opposite directions of polygamy and polyandry ..."
5. Jewish Life in the Middle Ages by Israel ( Abrahams (1919)
"CHAPTER VII monogamy AND THE HOME HEINE has familiarized the modern world ...
I refer to the custom of monogamy. monogamy was not the condition and basis of ..."
6. The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair (1922)
"CHAPTER XLIV THE DEFENSE OF monogamy (Discusses the permanence of love, and why
we should endeavor to preserve it.) So far in this discussion we have ..."
7. Ethics: Descriptive and Explanatory by Sidney Edward Mezes (1900)
"In giving parents their best chance for efficiency and happiness, monogamy gives
children their best chance for wholesome education. § 4. ..."
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