polygamy
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"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
Alice, who is bisexual, said she believed polygamy should be viewed in a similar way to sexuality.
From BBC • May 26, 2024
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
He and his followers practice polygamy, a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024
The church had ended the temporal practice of polygamy in 1890, but it had never recanted the doctrine.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
