polygyny

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Adult relationships vary in form across societies and include not only the type most common around the world today — heterosexual monogamy — but also same-sex marriage, nonmarital unions, polyamory, polygyny and polyandry.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

A third type of polygyny is a lek system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

While the tomb reveals evidence of polygyny - men having children with multiple women - it also shows that polyandry was also widespread: women having children with multiple men.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2021

Unlike polygyny, where one man is married to multiple women, most polyamorists aren’t motived by religion.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2013

We imagine that if we refuse to recognize the fact of polygyny, we may refuse to recognize any obligations incurred by polygyny.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock