8 example sentences using polyandry.
Polyandry used in a sentence
Polyandry in a sentence as a noun
The term of art for 1-woman, multi-husband arrangements is "polyandry".
To be pedantic, it should be noted that the contrast to polyandry I believe you're looking for is 'polygyny'.
Polygyny means multiple wives, polyandry means multiple husbands.
" That was the winning attitude of our nation for about a century; and that turned out just dandy!Why should polygamy or polyandry be outlawed?
To put it in hacker terms, polygamy / polyandry is forcing an edge reduction creating a hub and spoke architecture when the arrangement has to be a 1 to n-1 mesh.
The equality of a mesh is an easy mathematical argument to make, but it isn't the argument polygamy/polyandry is making.
The reproductive system in its uncivilized state is a winner-take-all system; polygyny is much more common than polyandry.
Polyamory I could be convinced of the possibility of legal equality, but not for polygamy/polyandry.
Polyandry definitions
having more than one husband at a time