单词 | monogamistic |
释义 | monogamisticadj. Of or relating to monogamists or monogamy; favouring monogamy (monogamy n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy > practising monogamy monogamous1803 monogamic1840 monogamistic1890 1890 Overland Monthly Apr. 358 To quote old Schopenhauer,..‘In our monogamistic [Ger. monogamisch] part of the world for a man to marry is to halve his rights and double his duties.’ 1930 P. E. Corbett Rom. Law of Marriage II. v. 143 The second marriage was essentially void in a monogamistic society. 1952 Ess. in Crit. 2 372 Monogamistic love. 1983 W. Byron tr. A. Le Vot F. Scott Fitzgerald p. x Yet Fitzgerald was a prey to a sexual uneasiness that curbed his philandering and confirmed his monogamistic impulse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1890 |
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