serial monogamy
nounDefinitions
The practice of having a succession of (especially short) monogamous relationships with…
The practice of having a succession of (especially short) monogamous relationships with different people.
- Near-synonym: serial polygamy (derogatory)
- Living together without marriage, [...], serial monogamy (with one divorce after another), [...] — these are all gropings toward some new form of man-woman relationship for the future.
- For some adolescents, serial monogamy — or a succession of 'permanent' relationships — is the norm, confirming earlier findings with American adolescents reported by Sorensen (1973).
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