cuckoldry
noun
cuck·old·ry
ˈkə-kəl-drē 
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Of course another possibility is that cuckoldry of non-Genghiside lineages was rather common in the early years of the Mongol Empire by Genghiside princes, of whom there were legion, legitimate and illegitimate.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2012
Nobody’s Hero depicts contemporary globalism’s cuckoldry — the complex ways people act out their own political and psychosexual paradoxes.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 June 2023
That's pretty impressive, but is about typical for high status males in terms of rates of cuckoldry today.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2011
The scope of Egan’s vision is astoundingly personal even as the stories rove global: awkward Manhattan hook-ups, luxury safari getaways, suburban cuckoldry, desert kids, dictators, music producers.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
The idea that evolution encourages women to engage in cyclical cuckoldry was certainly an intriguing one.
—The Economist, 10 May 2018
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2012
Nobody’s Hero depicts contemporary globalism’s cuckoldry — the complex ways people act out their own political and psychosexual paradoxes.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 June 2023
That's pretty impressive, but is about typical for high status males in terms of rates of cuckoldry today.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2011
The scope of Egan’s vision is astoundingly personal even as the stories rove global: awkward Manhattan hook-ups, luxury safari getaways, suburban cuckoldry, desert kids, dictators, music producers.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
The idea that evolution encourages women to engage in cyclical cuckoldry was certainly an intriguing one.
—The Economist, 10 May 2018
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