as in marriage
the state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
Some cultures practice polygamy.
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Recent Examples of polygamy
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.
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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
The fundamentalist group, also known as FLDS, split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890.
—Jacques Billeaud and Anita Snow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The following year, the Browns challenged Utah’s criminal polygamy law in what would become Brown v. Buhman.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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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
The fundamentalist group, also known as FLDS, split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890.
—Jacques Billeaud and Anita Snow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The following year, the Browns challenged Utah’s criminal polygamy law in what would become Brown v. Buhman.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Polygamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polygamy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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