Meaning of serial polygamy | Babel Free

Definitions

The practice of marrying and divorcing a succession of individual spouses.

derogatory, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Near-synonym: serial monogamy”

“"In America, you have so much divorce—perhaps because adultery was once a capital crime. You've ended up with serial polygamy."”

“More recently, men like Donald Trump and Ronald Perelman have adopted a new form of marriage, serial polygamy—many wives, one at a time—which is possibly the worst system of all.”

“Marriage can be a form of temporary concubinage, lightly initiated, easily ended. Instead of lifelong union, it is, for many newly-weds, an introduction to serial polygamy.”

“[T]he widespread acceptance and frequency of divorce means that the bond of marriage is permanent only as long as you want it to be. Thus, state-sanctioned and socially accepted serial polygamy is now the order of the day.”

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