A form of polygamy in which one woman has two or more husbands or male sexual partners at the same time. Cf. polygyny, n.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polyandry (6) polyandry1680 A form of polygamy in which one woman has two or more husbands or male sexual partners at the same time. Cf. polygyny, n. polyandrism1801 = polyandry, n. 1a. polyandrianism1820 polyandry. polyandria1866 = polyandry, n. 1a. Now rare. fraternal polyandry1896 fraternal polyandry, a form of polyandry in which brothers hold a wife in common; fraternal twin, a dizygotic twin. Subcategories:— one who (1) |
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