polygyny
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While polygyny - the marriage of a man to several women - is allowed in South Africa, such relationships are usually registered as customary marriages and are not celebrated in church.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
In resourced-based polygyny, males compete for territories with the best resources, and then mate with females that enter the territory, drawn to its resource richness.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
That’s why some 16 million men today can trace their ancestry back to Genghis Khan, a tyrant who pushed polygyny to its physical limits.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2015
Unlike polygyny, where one man is married to multiple women, most polyamorists aren’t motived by religion.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2013
Those philosophers, like Schopenhauer, who advocate the legalizing of polygyny in civilized countries, are hardly worth replying to.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
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