Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.
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- noun Union of shared husbands, wives, or both;
marriage held incommon .
Etymologies
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cœn- + -o- + -gamy, from Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinos, "common") combined with γάμος (gamos, "bond").
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