Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
monogamous .
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- adjective
monogamous , of or relating tomonogamy
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Examples
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There exists between the aesthetic fact and a human institution (such as monogamic marriage or the fief) a difference to some extent comparable with that between simple and compound bodies in chemistry.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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"monogamic," and mean by the name the union of one man and one woman, in aim at least for life, and their children.
The Family and it's Members Anna Garlin Spencer
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That rankled the Circle City King, for man is not by nature monogamic, and he forgot both Madeline and Freda in the new quest.
The Wife of a King 2010
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I think some free lover is trying to break up their monogamic heaven with modern love-theories.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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The vast majority of individuals must be held to law and labor by the monogamic institution, or by a stern, rigid marriage institution of some sort.
CHAPTER XXII 2010
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“Then what becomes of your boasted monogamic marriage institution of Western civilization?”
CHAPTER XXII 2010
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The faithfulness of the monogamic couples I have referred to may be explained as a matter of habit; but my long desire for the Swift One cannot be so explained, any more than can be explained the undying enmity between me and Red-Eye.
CHAPTER VIII 2010
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And the many monogamic generations out of which he has descended would fail to prevent polygamy did another woman chance to strand on that particular isle.
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That rankled the Circle City King, for man is not by nature monogamic, and he forgot both Madeline and Freda in the new quest.
The Wife of a King 2010
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Also, there were several other young people, progeny of the monogamic couples that lived in the neighborhood, and Lop-Ear played with these young people.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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