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polygamy

[puh-lig-uh-mee] / pəˈlɪg ə mi /
NOUN
plural marriage
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It is not, Nyathi is careful to point out, a straightforward story about polygamy.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

"Humans have a range of partnerships that create conditions for a mix of full and half-siblings with strong parental investment, from serial monogamy to stable polygamy."

From Science Daily Jan. 22, 2026

Some reports said they had converted to Islam, which allows polygamy, to marry - a claim Dharmendra later denied.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

The DNA also revealed polygamy and “levirate unions,” in which closely related males—brothers, or a father and son—had children with the same woman.

From Science Magazine Apr. 24, 2024

The church had ended the temporal practice of polygamy in 1890, but it had never recanted the doctrine.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover



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