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What is another word for polygamists?

Pronunciation: [pˌɒlɪɡˈamɪsts] (IPA)

The term "polygamy" refers to the practice of having multiple spouses at the same time. Polygamists refer to those who engage in this practice. There are several synonyms for the word "polygamists". One such synonym is "polyandrous", which refers to those who have multiple husbands. Another synonym is "polygynous", which refers to those who have multiple wives. "Polyamorists" can also be used to describe those who have multiple romantic relationships at once, regardless of marital status. This term is often used to describe those in open relationships or who practice ethical non-monogamy. Other synonyms include "multi-spousal" and "plural marriage practitioners".
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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The Jews were polygamists, but apparently dissatisfied with the state of things thus entailed.
"Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ"
Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
He wanted to show off his courage before his followers, who were mostly does; many of them his wives too-for the old antelopes are shocking polygamists.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid
Highly respectable people-the pride of their parish, when they heard of a lecture "upon the Mormons"- -expected to see a solemn person, full of old saws and new statistics, who would denounce the sin of polygamy, and bray against polygamists with four-and-twenty boiling-water Baptist power of denunciation.
"The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 1"
Charles Farrar Browne

Famous quotes with Polygamists

  • The government doesn't really prosecute for polygamy anymore, but a lot of the arrests are of groups supporting themselves through welfare scams or for child abuse. So that was all I'd really heard about polygamists.
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
  • Well, I think a lot of people only hear about the extreme, fundamentalist kind of polygamists, because they're always in the news being brought up on charges.
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
  • I wonder what your idea of heaven would be — A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists. All powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death. And hell would probably an ugly vacuum full of poor polygamists unable to obtain booze or with chronic stomach disorders that they called secret sorrows.
    Ernest Hemingway

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