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Definition of Monogamous
1. Adjective. (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate. "Monogamous for life"
Derivative terms: Monogamousness, Monogamy
Antonyms: Polygamous
Definition of Monogamous
1. a. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.
Definition of Monogamous
1. Adjective. Being married to one person at a time. ¹
2. Adjective. (zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time. ¹
3. Adjective. (botany) monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monogamous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Monogamous
1.
1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Monogamous
Literary usage of Monogamous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes by Catherine Gasquoine Hartley (1917)
"monogamous MARRIAGE AND WOMAN ing, and more and more seeking to exclude other
forms of marriage. These facts of the past history of marriage need to be ..."
2. Applied socialism: a study of the application of socialistic principles to by John Spargo (1912)
"Private property and the monogamous family are very closely associated in the
evolution of human society, and it is not to be wondered at that, ..."
3. A History of Matrimonial Institutions Chiefly in England and the United by George Elliott Howard (1904)
"... CHAPTER III THEORY OP THE ORIGINAL PAIRING OR monogamous FAMILY [BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
NOTE III.—The theory of the pairing family is not so much the result of ..."
4. The Family and Society by John Morris Gillette (1914)
"With the development of the monogamous family kinship ties are made more definite,
fraternal affection enhanced, love for parents and for offspring ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... live entirely on animal food; but they are not cannibals; they ill-treat
neither their women nor their old people, and they are monogamous. Education. ..."
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