cuckoldry

noun

cuck·​old·​ry ˈkə-kəl-drē How to pronounce cuckoldry (audio)
1
: the practice of making cuckolds
2
: the state of being a cuckold

Examples of cuckoldry in a Sentence

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His insecure paranoia clashes with her erratic behavior, and as their frantic domestic drama pushes up against the concrete boundaries of a divided Berlin, a writhing, shape-shifting entity is taking cuckoldry to the next level. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024 In the human realm, at least, equating cuckoldry solely with trickery and the cuckolded as weak and foolish is inaccurate. Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024 Anthropology reveals other explanations for cuckoldry that don’t necessitate deception. Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024 There’s adultery and cuckoldry and suspicions of adultery and cuckoldry and doubles and all the other good Cronenbergian ideas. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 May 2024 Of course another possibility is that cuckoldry of non-Genghiside lineages was rather common in the early years of the Mongol Empire by Genghiside princes, of whom there were legion, legitimate and illegitimate. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2012 Nobody’s Hero depicts contemporary globalism’s cuckoldry — the complex ways people act out their own political and psychosexual paradoxes. Armond White, National Review, 21 June 2023 That's pretty impressive, but is about typical for high status males in terms of rates of cuckoldry today. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2011 The scope of Egan’s vision is astoundingly personal even as the stories rove global: awkward Manhattan hook-ups, luxury safari getaways, suburban cuckoldry, desert kids, dictators, music producers. Ew Staff, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cuckoldry was circa 1529

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“Cuckoldry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuckoldry. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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