polygamy
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South African film and TV critic Phil Mphela said The Polygamist was less about cultural polygamy and more about "the outrageous behaviour of this husband" - someone he sees as a narcissist.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 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
Regarded as the "lion of the nation", the Zulu king is the custodian of age-old traditions that place marriage and polygamy at the heart of royal success.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 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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