Synonym: monogamousness. Similar words: monogram, bigamy, polygamy, monotonously, monotonous, video game, monotheism, monolith. Meaning: [mə'nɑgəmɪ /mə'nɒ-] n. having only one spouse at a time.
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31 We are a pair-bonded species, practicing monogamy (or at least serial monogamy) long enough to get our children out of childhood.
32 They are tired of the monotony of monogamy, the Wednesday - night - only sex.
33 To enforce the principle of monogamy, in 1985 the Civil Codes stipulated that "bigamous marriages are grounds for nullity."
34 The form of family corresponding to civilization and coming to definite supremacy with it is monogamy, the domination of the man over the woman,[http://sentencedict.com/monogamy.html] and the single family as the economic unit of society.
35 Support for monogamy and marriage was strongest among the professional classes.
36 If serial monogamy is the norm, even if individuals have many partners over time, the virus is trapped within relationships and gets around slowly.
37 But here all the foundations of typical monogamy are cleared away.
38 Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
39 Such a form of family shows the transition of the pairing family to monogamy.
40 But no follower of Saint Thomas would, on that account, cease to believe in lifelong monogamy[sentencedict.com], because the real grounds of belief are not those which are alleged.
41 Strongly against monogamy, Plato advocated this kind of marriages which were optional combination and postnatal care.
42 Under monogamy, they are stuck with marrying a poorer man.
43 But greater longevity might also lead to a higher incidence of serial monogamy, regardless of whether it leads to marriage, perhaps interspersed with periods of living alone.
44 In "the Book of Songs", there are multiple primogenitor's images in Huaxia nations. Their marriages reflect the marital system of immemorial miscegenation and monogamy.
45 The form of marriage , as already said , was a pairing marriage which was gradually approaching monogamy.
46 Prostitution disappears; monogamy, instead of collapsing , at last becomes a reality -- also for men.
47 Monogamy won't go away, but polygamy may gain wider acceptance.
48 Her conclusion: people in rich countries value monogamy and tend not to stray often.
49 McLennan knew only three forms of marriage: polygyny, polyandry and monogamy.
50 How monogamy fares during this epoch, therefore, only occupies him very briefly.
51 These mouselike creatures are among the small minority of mammals — less than 5 percent — who share humans' propensity for monogamy.
52 Having arisen from economic causes, will monogamy then disappear when these causes disappear?
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