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Recent Examples of polygyny
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.
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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
What does the contemporary West African practice of polygyny—one man, many wives—have to do with the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
—Tunku Varadarajan, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
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
Phylogenetic reconstructions suggest that marriages in early ancestral human societies probably had low levels of polygyny (low reproductive skew) and reciprocal exchanges between the families of marital partners (i.e., brideservice or brideprice).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2011
In most mammals for polygyny this would mean that the X chromosome would be more diverse than the autosome, because the autosome is equally impacted by male and female demographics, while the X chromosome has a lesser impact from males.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2012
Naturally the Islamists wish to legalize polygyny in Tunisia.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2012
Some have argued that this period of ubiquitous common law polygyny has influenced the fact that illegitimate births have traditionally been very common in Latin America.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2013
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
What does the contemporary West African practice of polygyny—one man, many wives—have to do with the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
—Tunku Varadarajan, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
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
Phylogenetic reconstructions suggest that marriages in early ancestral human societies probably had low levels of polygyny (low reproductive skew) and reciprocal exchanges between the families of marital partners (i.e., brideservice or brideprice).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2011
In most mammals for polygyny this would mean that the X chromosome would be more diverse than the autosome, because the autosome is equally impacted by male and female demographics, while the X chromosome has a lesser impact from males.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2012
Naturally the Islamists wish to legalize polygyny in Tunisia.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2012
Some have argued that this period of ubiquitous common law polygyny has influenced the fact that illegitimate births have traditionally been very common in Latin America.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polygyny
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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
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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
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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
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This equally applies to the practice of polyandry.Zamira Rahim, CNN, 28 June 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Is a fear of being single driving you toward serial monogamy?Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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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
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“Polygyny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polygyny. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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