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* Irish: {{t|ga|polaigíneas|m}}, {{t|ga|il-leannántacht|f}} |
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|一夫多妻|tr=ippu-tasai}} |
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* Macedonian: {{t|mk|многуже́нство|n}}, {{t|mk|полигинија|f}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|tāne moe tokomaha}} |
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Revision as of 01:17, 17 January 2023
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, wife”); synchronically, poly- + -gyny.
Pronunciation
Noun
polygyny (countable and uncountable, plural polygynies)
- The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.
- 1883, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Sociology, page 685:
- We may infer that in most cases where polygyny exists, monogamy co-exists to a greater extent, and in all other cases to a considerable extent.
- The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.
Antonyms
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Derived terms
Translations
plurality of wives at the same time
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- English terms suffixed with -gyny
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- English nouns
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