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Recent Examples of polyandry
One particular enemy of Gauguin’s was Bishop Martin, a Catholic priest on Hiva Oa who did his best to stomp out local custom, forbidding tattooing, Polynesian dancing, and the customary practice of polyandry.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.
—Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.
—Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyandry
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In Queen Mother, Farmer takes a clear-eyed look at Moore’s foibles, noting her absenteeism during her son’s formative years, her embrace of patriarchal hierarchy in Black communities, and her exhortations for Black women to embrace polygyny to facilitate nation building.—
Dara T. Mathis,
The Atlantic,
16 Dec. 2025
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In short, there remain multiple ways polygyny can be harmful.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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Everyone’s favorite show about polygamy, Big Love, concluded its five-season run in 2011 with a major character death.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
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The fundamentalist group split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Chen, who is currently being held on $100,000 bail in the Clark County Detention Center, has been charged with five felony counts of bigamy and two counts of intent to utter a fictitious bill/note/check, per FOX5.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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Fox News, Daily Mail and Christian Post reported that Williams was wanted on an outstanding warrant out of state from Rockdale County in Conyers, Georgia, tied to a bigamy charge.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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President Trump has four other children from his previous marriages who were also present.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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From decades-long marriages to young love, see the significant others of these Sweet Magnolias stars.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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For some celebrity couples, though, strict monogamy isn’t the answer to a successful relationship.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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The hierarchy of traditional monogamy became really blatantly clear that…something was broken there.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Both Liz and Kate are women who don’t want matrimony to be the be-all and end-all of their lives—and who therefore tend to sideline or overlook their partners.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Then there is the lifelong contentiousness with her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, a talented Brazilian artist who reluctantly traded her gifts and status for matrimony and child-rearing and resented her family in the wake of her decision.—
A.D. Amorosi,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
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“Polyandry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyandry. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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