English-French translations for polygamy

• polygamie
  À titre d'illustration, elle a interdit la polygamie et les voiles, et encouragé les investissements directs étrangers et le tourisme. For example, polygamy and veils were banned and foreign direct investment and tourism were encouraged.
  D'autres pratiques, comme la polygamie ou le legs des veuves, sont devenues intolérables à l'époque du SIDA. Other practices, such as polygamy or the inheriting of widows, have become untenable in an AIDS era.
  Concernant la question des droits de l'homme, celle des droits de la femme et celle du pluralisme politique, même dans le Sud, la polygamie existe. As regards the issue of human rights, women's rights and political pluralism, polygamy still exists, even in the South.

Definition of polygamy

• The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time
• The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate
• The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers

Examples

• Are there countries where polygamy is legal for both men and women?
• Though Islam allows polygamy, it is frowned upon in many contemporary Muslim societies.
• An insect queen actually practices polygamy only one day, while for an alpha-male defending his harem is the very essence of both his status and polygamy.

Related words

• polygamous
• polygamist
• polygamic