Polygyny

/pəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/

Synonyms for "polygyny" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
marital plurality

Strong matches (1)

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)
polygamypolygyny pattern

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries
family structurekinship systemmarriage systempolygamy

More specific

3 entries
concurrent polygynyfraternal polygynyserial polygyny

Collocations

6 entries
African polygynyIslamic polygynypolygynous marriagepolygyny practicepolygyny prevalencepolygyny rate

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We may infer that in most cases where polygyny exists, monogamy co-exists to a greater extent, and in all other cases to a considerable extent.

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