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Recent Examples of polygyny
For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.
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Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
What does the contemporary West African practice of polygyny—one man, many wives—have to do with the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
—Tunku Varadarajan, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
Hummingbirds have a combination of extraordinarily versatile structural coloration in their feather barbules, and a long history of female mate choice (including, exclusive female parental care and polygyny).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 June 2022
Christian Artuso, an ornithologist with Bird Studies Canada, tells the magazine that this heretofore unseen behavior is the first documentation of polygyny (a male mating with two or more females) recorded for great horned owls as a species.
—Saryn Chorney, ajc, 3 May 2018
In fact, the causal relationship between polygyny and conflict is unclear.
—The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
What does the contemporary West African practice of polygyny—one man, many wives—have to do with the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
—Tunku Varadarajan, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
Hummingbirds have a combination of extraordinarily versatile structural coloration in their feather barbules, and a long history of female mate choice (including, exclusive female parental care and polygyny).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 June 2022
Christian Artuso, an ornithologist with Bird Studies Canada, tells the magazine that this heretofore unseen behavior is the first documentation of polygyny (a male mating with two or more females) recorded for great horned owls as a species.
—Saryn Chorney, ajc, 3 May 2018
In fact, the causal relationship between polygyny and conflict is unclear.
—The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polygyny
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Idaho State Police issued an Amber Alert for two teens whose mother and authorities believe are headed out of state to meet a religious group known for practicing polygamy.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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His maternal grandmother raised him and his older brother, not entrusting them to one of his father’s three other wives (polygamy is common is South Sudanese culture).—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Toni Heath Johnson has various felony convictions dating back to the 1980s, including forgery, credit card theft and bigamy.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
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Bezos and Sanchez were both married to other spouses, with both marriages ending in 2019.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Danger has performed countless baptisms and helped people celebrate all of life’s milestones from marriages to funerals.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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Views on monogamy were similar between men and women.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The slick thriller starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett makes monogamy look hot.—
Britina Cheng,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Polygyny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polygyny. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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