monogyny

UK: /mɒˈnɒdʒɪnɪ/ US: (mə noj′ə nē)

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mo•nog•y•ny  (mə noj′ə nē), n. 

1. Anthropology the practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
2. Animal Behavior (of a male animal) the condition of having one mate at a time.
3. Animal Behavior, Insects (in social insects) the condition of having one functioning queen in a colony.
4. Plant Biology [Bot.] the condition of having one pistil.

• 1875–80; mono- + Greek -gynia, equivalent. to gyn(é̄) woman, wife + -ia -y³

mo•nog′y•nous, mon•o•gyn•ic  (mon′ə jin′ik), mon′o•gyn′i•ous, adj.  mo•nog′y•nist, n. 

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monogyny / mɒˈnɒdʒɪnɪ/ noun

1. the custom of having only one female sexual partner over a period of time

moˈnogynist noun

moˈnogynous adjective