polyandry

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Recent Examples of polyandry Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023 This equally applies to the practice of polyandry. Zamira Rahim, CNN, 28 June 2021 That is, some researchers have assumed that the prevalence of patrilocality and polygyny in relation to matrilocality and polyandry, combined with the structural fact that the X is disproportionately carried in females, can explain the differences in patterns of genetic variation. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2010 Even polyandry has been suggested. Mei Fong, The Atlantic, 11 July 2020 The new show will also feature a couple who is just beginning to explore polyandry. Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023 But there are many cultures where a husband can have more than one wife (polygyny) or, less commonly, a wife can have more than one husband (polyandry). Rob Knell, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2016
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Noun
  • The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.
    Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • More than 70 years ago, Arizona took an aggressive step to crack down on polygamy with a mass arrest in Colorado City whose effects are still felt today.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The raid drove polygamy in fundamentalist Mormon communities further underground and allowed people like Warren Jeffs to rally followers by using their fear of the government.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.
    Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2024
Noun
  • Milestones were squibs about births, deaths, and marriages, bits of information culled from newspapers and the wire services.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Lopez and Affleck would later call off their engagement, blaming too much media attention, going on to separate relationships and marriages before rekindling their romance two decades later.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Is a fear of being single driving you toward serial monogamy?
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Social monogamy is seen in around 90 percent of bird species, but if one of these bonds is broken without one partner dying, it is known as divorce.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Whether adorable, touching, or surprising, these magical moments of matrimony are memories to last a lifetime for the brides and everyone who witnessed them.
    Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • They’re showered with gifts — money toward a honeymoon, a good knife set, a hand drill for DIY home projects — to set them up for a successful start to blissful matrimony.
    Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024

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“Polyandry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyandry. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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