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polygyny::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | polygamy |
| Derivation | polygynist, polygynous |
Examples of polygyny
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Polygyny in Islam has surfaced in music around the world and across the decades.
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Polygyny is permitted in Islam under some conditions, but polyandry is forbidden.
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Polygyny occurs when one male gets exclusive mating rights with multiple females.
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The extended family, in which polygyny was common, was the basic unit of society.
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Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny, involving one male and two or more females.
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The higher the average polygyny rate, the greater the element of gerontocracy.
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Most research into the determinants of polygyny has focused on macro level factors.
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If you are speaking multiple females exclusively, you might actually mean polygyny.
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Traditionally, Mormons practiced POLYGYNY, which is one man marrying multiple women.
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- Having more than one wife at a time
- (polygynist) a man with two or more wives
- Polygyny (from neo-Greek: poly - "many", and gyny - "woman or wife") is a form of marriage in which a man has two or more wives at the same time. In countries where the practice is illegal, the man is referred to as a bigamist or a polygamist. ...
- The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - H. Spencer
- (polygynist) One who practices or advocates polygyny
- (Polygynous) One male mates with more than one female.
- The presence of two female pronuclei in the egg caused by the failure of the egg to eject the second female polar body at fertilization.
- A male with one dominant female and a few subordinate female mates
- A marriage structure where men have more than one wife at a time. Widely spread in world societies, but practiced by only by a minority of those communities because population sex-ratios and a lack of economic resources make it inaccessible for the majority.
