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monogamymo‧nog‧a‧my /məˈnɒɡəmi $ məˈnɑː-/ noun [uncountable]   monogamyOrigin: 1600-1700 French monogamie, from Late Latin, from Greek, from mono- ( ➔ MONO-) + gamos ‘marriage’ - And be certain of your monogamy.
- As we shall see, the lesson they teach is that we are designed for a system of monogamy plagued by adultery.
- It has not done so, however, by imposing monogamy on them.
- It seems unlikely that monogamy is a natural state for the human animal.
- Lufkin never demanded monogamy from her and she had no idea whether he slept with other women.
- Not that socially imposed monogamy need extend to captive slaves.
- Society pays noisy lip service to monogamy but, in reality, encourages affairs.
- The next commonest is monogamy - one male paired with one female.
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