POLYGAMY
Dictionary entry overview: What does polygamy mean? • POLYGAMY (noun)
The noun POLYGAMY has 1 sense:
1. having more than one spouse at a time
Familiarity information: POLYGAMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POLYGAMY (noun)
Meaning:
Having more than one spouse at a time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("polygamy" is a kind of...):
marriage; matrimony; spousal relationship; union; wedlock (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polygamy"):
polyandry (having more than one husband at a time)
polygyny (having more than one wife at a time)
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