Monandry

Word MONANDRY
Character 8
Hyphenation mo nan dry
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Monandry"

What do we mean by monandry?

The state or practice of having one husband at a time. noun

The condition of being monandrous. noun

The monandrous state; the practice of having only one husband. noun

The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry. noun

The possession by a woman of only one husband at one time. noun

The state of having only one husband at a time noun

The possession by a woman of only one husband at one time.

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The word "monandry" in example sentences

But because males are haploid (and assuming monandry), her sisters share 75% of her genes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact, assuming monandry, 75% of her genes are found in the next generation's queen, but that is still more than if she directly reproduced. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Consequently, female workers share up to 75% (assuming monandry) of their genes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

During the past fifty years, these people have made rapid strides toward civilization, monandry and monogamy taking the places of polyandry and polygamy, and fifty or a hundred years hence, this matriarchate will, in all probability, entirely disappear. ❋ James Weir (1881)

Polyandry gives women certain privileges which monandry denies, and she is not slow to seize on these prerogatives, and to use them in the furtherance of her own welfare. ❋ James Weir (1881)

Wilutzky [1262] thinks that child marriage amongst savages began in the desire of a man to get a wife to himself (monandry) out of the primitive communalism, without violating the customs of ancestors. ❋ William Graham Sumner (1875)

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