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monogamous

adj
/məˈnɒɡəməs/UK/məˈnɑɡəməs/US

Etymology

From mono- + -gamous.

  1. derived from γάμος — “union, marriage”
  2. formed as monogamous — “mono- + -gamous”

Definitions

  1. Involving marriage to one person at a time.

    • Suppose, for example, that if polygamy were legal, 10 percent of adult men would take an average of three wives apiece and that all remaining marriages would be monogamous.

  2. Characterized by mutual sexual and romantic exclusively.

  3. Exclusively engaging in mutually exclusive sexual/romantic partnership.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Having only one sexual partner at a time.

    2. Monogamic

      Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.

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Derived

monogamish, monogamously, monogamousness, nonmonogamous, trinogamous

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA