Words similar to monogamy
Example sentences for: monogamy
How can you use “monogamy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
But serial monogamy has a big downside not shared by polygamy: Lots of kids get reared either without fathers or with stepfathers, who often lack the Darwinian devotion of a biological father--and who may even be downright hostile.
America, in this sense, is a conspiracy against human nature--and not just in that we expect monogamy when the rule of history has been polygamy.
Another feature of chimp land is that monogamy has flown out the window.
By a not-so-strange coincidence, this conflict is prominent in lots of recent movies, among them A Walk on the Moon , Metroland , and Among Giants , which explore the natural impulse to settle down vs. the equally natural impulse to be wild and free--the yearning for permanence vs. the claustrophobic dread of monogamy.
The epidemic is the price of our permissive attitudes toward monogamy, chastity, and other forms of sexual conservatism.