What is the difference between polyandry and polygamy?
polyandry | polygamy | Hypernyms |
(marital) The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.
(zoological) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
(general) Sexual relations with plural males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage.
The having of multiple socially bonded sexual partners at the same time
The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
* 1991 , Kathryn M Daynes, Plural wives and the nineteenth-century Mormon marriage system , page 16
* 2008 , Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis , p 3
(zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
(botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
Commonly used specifically for polygyny, the marriage of a man to more than one wife, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time.
Polygamy is a antonym of polyandry.
Polygamy is a hyponym of polyandry.
Polygamy is a hypernym of polyandry.
As nouns the difference between polyandry and polygamy
is that polyandry is (marital) The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time while polygamy is the having of multiple socially bonded sexual partners at the same time.polyandry
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* monandry * (with respect to number) monogamy * (with respect to gender) polygynyHypernyms
* polygamyCoordinate terms
* bigamySee also
* concubine * seraglio * harempolygamy
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(polygamies)- ''Originally polygamy could work either or both ways, but civilisation generally forbids simultaneous husbands
- Because Mormon polygamy was an unusual family form in nineteenth-century America
- Muslims and early Mormon communities have been known to practise polygamy .
- An insect queen actually practices polygamy''' only one day, while for an alpha-male defending his harem is the very essence of both his status and ' polygamy
- ''The Islamic form of polygamy is a husband with up to four wives
