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Social attitudes toward secretive non-monogamy are overwhelmingly negative across most cultures. While being the most prevalent form of non-monogamy and as common as monogamy, [72] secretive non-monogamy is widely condemned due to its association with betrayal, dishonesty, and the violation of trust within relationships. Factors such as ...
Monogamy (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ ɡ ə m i / mə-NOG-ə-mee) is a relationship of two individuals in which they form a mutual and exclusive intimate partnership.Having only one partner at any one time, whether that be for life or whether that be serial monogamy, contrasts with various forms of non-monogamy (e.g., polygamy or polyamory). [1]
The antonym "hypogamy" [a] refers to the inverse: marrying a person of lower social class or status (colloquially "marrying down"). Both terms were invented in the Indian subcontinent in the 19th century while translating classical Hindu law books, which used the Sanskrit terms anuloma and pratiloma , respectively, for the two concepts. [ 2 ]
Fernanda Fabian is non-monogamous but her partner Seth is. This is how they make their relationship work for both of them.
An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym , with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
Mononormativity or mono-normativity is the normative assumption that monogamy is healthier or more natural than ethical non-monogamy, as well as the societal enforcement of such an assumption. [1] It has been widely tied to various forms of discrimination or bias against polyamory. [2] [3]
When cultural or social anthropologists and other social scientists use the term monogamy, the meaning is social or marital monogamy. Marital monogamy may be further distinguished between: marriage once in a lifetime; marriage with only one person at a time, in contrast to bigamy or polygamy; and serial monogamy, remarriage after death or divorce.
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