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		Definition of monogamous in English: monogamousadjective məˈnɒɡəməs 1Involving marriage to one person at a time.  under Canadian law all marriages must be monogamous  Example sentencesExamples -  Illegitimate children caused a problem for a society that made heterosexual monogamous marriage the only respectable family formation.
 -  Although historically polygamy was practiced, the marriage system is now monogamous.
 -  Among these cultures, monogamous unions predominate.
 -  In a legal sense, most 20th-century marriages involved monogamous, heterosexual relationships.
 -  The marriages are not arranged and are monogamous.
 -  The tribal family lives as a nuclear unit and is usually monogamous (only one husband and one wife).
 -  The Roman alphabet replaced Arabic writing, the state became exclusively secular, monogamous marriages were introduced, and education was secularized.
 -  I'm not returning to the monogamous nuclear family, but rather to the large extended family, which in this form probably never existed.
 -  Virtually all residents enter into sanctified, lifelong monogamous unions.
 -  With the exception of the rare polyandrous societies, virtually all women are in monogamous marriages.
 
 - 1.1 Having a sexual relationship with only one partner at a time.
 she admits that she has never been strictly monogamous  with me it was a monogamous relationship  Example sentencesExamples -  Boys and men have a distorted view of masculinity that involves multiple sex partners, while women are supposed to be monogamous.
 -  You may feel strange and uncomfortable in a monogamous long-term relationship, but you feel under pressure to be in one.
 -  As a grown man, he and his monogamous partner of many years took an HIV test.
 -  Even the strategy of serial monogamous relationships is justified by a commitment to passionate love and redemptive romance.
 -  This is non-exploitive, consensual, monogamous sex in a loving relationship.
 -  He is a teaching assistant who happens upon lost correspondence to a lover written by a famously monogamous 19th-century poet.
 -  I wouldn't want to be in a monogamous relationship with someone who stayed with me because they'd feel worthless without a partner.
 -  Since a lot of these seniors tend to be monogamous, they're going to have different needs than younger people, who tend to be more free.
 -  So far as I know, he is in a monogamous relationship, and hence is at no risk for STDs.
 -  Faithful to her code, she is serially monogamous—she dumps each man after a newer, bigger fish swims into view.
 
  - 1.2Zoology  Having only one mate at a time.
 penguins form monogamous couples for breeding purposes  Example sentencesExamples -  The emperor penguins are monogamous for a year, have a baby chicken, and then part their ways.
 -  Some damselfish are promiscuous, and still others are monogamous.
 -  Naturalists and scientists have maintained that the fox is monogamous and a devoted father.
 -  The arboreal primates (e.g., lesser apes and marmosets) are often monogamous and provide an additional source of context for human pair-bonding.
 -  Like 90 percent of bird species, but only 3 percent of mammal species, they're monogamous, pair-bonded animals.
 -  They may be found in monogamous pairs, small foraging units, harems, or enormous spawning or feeding groups.
 -  Most monogamous cichlids are virtually indistinguishable, although males are larger than females on average.
 -  Courtship rituals and parental care are common among monogamous pairs.
 -  Butterflyfishes, according to existing research, are characteristically monogamous and pair-forming.
 -  Usually solitary creatures, desmans form monogamous pairs and mate in springtime.
 
  
    Definition of monogamous in US English: monogamousadjectiveməˈnäɡəməs 1Involving marriage to one person at a time.  under Canadian law all marriages must be monogamous  Example sentencesExamples -  With the exception of the rare polyandrous societies, virtually all women are in monogamous marriages.
 -  The marriages are not arranged and are monogamous.
 -  I'm not returning to the monogamous nuclear family, but rather to the large extended family, which in this form probably never existed.
 -  Virtually all residents enter into sanctified, lifelong monogamous unions.
 -  Although historically polygamy was practiced, the marriage system is now monogamous.
 -  In a legal sense, most 20th-century marriages involved monogamous, heterosexual relationships.
 -  The tribal family lives as a nuclear unit and is usually monogamous (only one husband and one wife).
 -  The Roman alphabet replaced Arabic writing, the state became exclusively secular, monogamous marriages were introduced, and education was secularized.
 -  Illegitimate children caused a problem for a society that made heterosexual monogamous marriage the only respectable family formation.
 -  Among these cultures, monogamous unions predominate.
 
 - 1.1 Having a sexual relationship with only one partner at a time.
 she admits that she has never been strictly monogamous  with me it was a monogamous relationship  Example sentencesExamples -  This is non-exploitive, consensual, monogamous sex in a loving relationship.
 -  Since a lot of these seniors tend to be monogamous, they're going to have different needs than younger people, who tend to be more free.
 -  So far as I know, he is in a monogamous relationship, and hence is at no risk for STDs.
 -  I wouldn't want to be in a monogamous relationship with someone who stayed with me because they'd feel worthless without a partner.
 -  You may feel strange and uncomfortable in a monogamous long-term relationship, but you feel under pressure to be in one.
 -  He is a teaching assistant who happens upon lost correspondence to a lover written by a famously monogamous 19th-century poet.
 -  Faithful to her code, she is serially monogamous—she dumps each man after a newer, bigger fish swims into view.
 -  Even the strategy of serial monogamous relationships is justified by a commitment to passionate love and redemptive romance.
 -  As a grown man, he and his monogamous partner of many years took an HIV test.
 -  Boys and men have a distorted view of masculinity that involves multiple sex partners, while women are supposed to be monogamous.
 
  - 1.2Zoology  Having only one mate at a time.
 penguins form monogamous couples for breeding purposes  Example sentencesExamples -  Usually solitary creatures, desmans form monogamous pairs and mate in springtime.
 -  The emperor penguins are monogamous for a year, have a baby chicken, and then part their ways.
 -  Courtship rituals and parental care are common among monogamous pairs.
 -  Most monogamous cichlids are virtually indistinguishable, although males are larger than females on average.
 -  Naturalists and scientists have maintained that the fox is monogamous and a devoted father.
 -  Butterflyfishes, according to existing research, are characteristically monogamous and pair-forming.
 -  Some damselfish are promiscuous, and still others are monogamous.
 -  They may be found in monogamous pairs, small foraging units, harems, or enormous spawning or feeding groups.
 -  Like 90 percent of bird species, but only 3 percent of mammal species, they're monogamous, pair-bonded animals.
 -  The arboreal primates (e.g., lesser apes and marmosets) are often monogamous and provide an additional source of context for human pair-bonding.
 
  
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