Definition of "monogamy" []

• The practice or condition of having a single sexual partner during a period of time. (noun)
• The practice or condition of being married to only one person at a time. (noun)
• The practice of marrying only once in a lifetime. (noun)
• Zoology The condition of having only one mate during a breeding season or during the breeding life of a pair. (noun)

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• "Moral discussions of living together before marriage, and even the word monogamy itself, sound quaint nowadays, relics of a distant past."
• "To watch this film and somehow see it as an ode to monogamy is to ignore the entire film."
• "Now, though it be true that Nature's ideal is that which we call monogamy, it may be perfectly true that we have not yet reached that level of morality which makes that condition universally practicable."