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Polygyny   Listen
noun
Polygyny  n.  The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... development of the sexual sentiment dependent upon intellectual advance—upon growth of imaginative power? (b) How far is it related to emotional advance; and especially to evolution of those emotions which originate from sympathy? What are its relations to polyandry and polygyny? (c) Does it not tend towards, and is it not fostered by, monogamy? (d) What connexion has it with maintenance of the family bond, and the consequent better ...
— Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I • Herbert Spencer



Words linked to "Polygyny" :   polygynist, polygynous, polygamy



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