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polygamic
[ pol-ee-gam-ik ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of polygamic1
First recorded in 1810–20; polygam(y) + -ic
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Example Sentences
Side by side with these long secular changes, he evolved the family, communal or patriarchal, polygamic or monogamous.
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The “Oneida Communists” are essentially polygamic, although they have no marriage system.
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This is the solid fact underlying the more hazardous statement, so often made, that woman is monogamic and man polygamic.
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