monogamy
/məˈnɒɡəmi/noun
उच्चारण मनॉगमी
एकविवाह, एक पत्नी या पति प्रथा
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the fact or custom of being married to only one person at a particular time
एकविवाह, एक पत्नी या पति प्रथा
- Monogamy is the law for most communities in India.
- In a society that follows monogamy, a person has only one spouse at a time.
- Many birds practise monogamy and stay with one partner for life.
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- The essay compared monogamy with other forms of marriage in history.
- Monogamy is the norm in most countries.
◇Word family
AaSpelling
mo·nog·a·my
⌂Word origin and word building
Mono- means one, -gamy means marriage.
Mono- का अर्थ एक, -gamy का अर्थ विवाह।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: the practice of having one spouse at a time is monogamy; having more than one spouse polygamy (a man with many wives polygyny; a woman with many husbands polyandry); being married to two people at once, illegally, bigamy; a person who hates marriage a misogamist.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: एक समय में एक जीवनसाथी monogamy; एक से अधिक जीवनसाथी polygamy (एक पुरुष की कई पत्नियाँ polygyny; एक स्त्री के कई पति polyandry); एक साथ दो लोगों से अवैध विवाह bigamy; विवाह से घृणा करने वाला misogamist।