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Monogamous   /mənˈɑgəməs/   Listen
Monogamous

adjective
1.
(used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate.  "Monogamous for life"



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monogamousness


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"Monogamous" Quotes from Famous Books



... Both tribes are strictly monogamous and distinguished by the severe view they take of adultery, which, however, seldom occurs. While it is regarded as absolutely no detriment to a young girl to sleep with a young man, matrimonial unfaithfulness ...
— Through Central Borneo: - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters - Between the Years 1913 and 1917 • Carl Lumholtz
... not even my own name. We are all of us so very monogamous when we love, proprietary, exclusive, jealous, whatever you like to call it. Edmond's character was like a pergola. You walked in and out. There were always roses and jasmine, clematis and wisteria, peeps of the garden and patches of the sky—but ...
— Balloons • Elizabeth Bibesco
... have always been on the lines of strictly normal sexuality. I have a deep sense of the obligations of monogamous marriage, besides a sincere affection for my wife; consequently I repress as far as possible all sexual inclinations, such as will come involuntarily ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis


Words linked to "Monogamous" :   polygamous, monogynic, monogamousness, monogamy, monandrous, monogynous


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