polyandry
/pol-ee-an-dree, pol-ee-an-/US // ˈpɒl iˌæn dri, ˌpɒl iˈæn- //UK // (ˈpɒlɪˌændrɪ) //
多配偶制,一夫多妻制,多妻制,一夫多妻
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time.Compare monandry.
- : the habit or system of having two or more mates, either simultaneously or successively.
- : Botany. the state of being polyandrous.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inpolygamy
Examples
They practice polyandry.258 Infanticide was frequent among them until suppressed under the action of Government.
In Polynesia, where polyandry was very prevalent, this custom was at one time fairly rampant.
Under such circumstances the custom of polyandry is intelligible without further explanation.
It is everywhere set aside, to a greater or less extent, in favour of the two forms of polygamy—polygyny and polyandry.
Hence the original form of polygamy was probably not polygyny—the only form, practically, that later occurs—but polyandry.
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