polygyny in English

noun
1
polygamy in which a man has more than one wife.
Although most Hmong men had one wife, polygyny , or marriage with several women, was an accepted practice.

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1. Eighty-six percent of human societies permit a man to have several wives: polygyny.

2. Synonyms for Bigamy include adultery, polygamy, two-timing, deuterogamy, digamy, plural marriage, polygyny and polyandry

3. In both capacities he actively opposed traditional institutions such as Chieftainship, the ancestor cult, the practice of magic, polygyny and bridewealth, that kept tribesmen away from the church

4. Noun androcracies A social system ruled or dominated by men. ‘Status and privilege (such as polygyny, Androcracy, preferential access to food and luxuries) of the religious elite and their ability to maintain power, were based to some extent on deception.’

5. The Abominability of zina has also been expunged from the hearts of the modernist zanaadaqah, hence they frown on polygyny while maintaining an awkward stance of silence and acceptability regarding the deluge of extra martital zina affairs conducted by even Muslim males