monogamy
Definitions
The practice of having only one spouse, mate, lover, or sexual partner.QUOTES:
(1) Peggy Brandt (Amy Yasbeck) to Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) in The Mask (1994): 'Most of the men in this town think monogamy is some kind of wood.'
(2) Finn (Winona Ryder) to Marianna (Alfre Woodard) in How to Make an American Quilt (1995): ' Monogamy is really an unnatural state that's been forced on us for centuries by screwed up religious leaders who are completely out of touch with their own sexuality. You know what I mean? '
(3) The journalist (Michael O'Keefe) and Nina (Laura San Giacomo) in Nina Takes a Lover (1995):
-- Journalist: ' There are basically two arguments about infidelity. One is that you're either born monogamous or you're not and the other is that we're all capable, certain conditions in a marriage provoke it.'
-- Nina: ' What do you think? '
-- Journalist: ' I think it's a little bit of both.'
(Noun) The practice of having only one partner in marriage and having exclusive sexual relationships with only this one partner.
Add or improve a definition
monkish
MONMC
monoallelic
Monobrow
monocarpellary
monochrome
monoclinous
monocoque
monocracy
monocular eyeglass
Monoculate
monoecious
monoethnic
Monofibre
monogamous
monogram
monolinguistic
monolith
monomania
monomaniacal
mononymic
monopathophobia
Monopatin
monophobia
monophthong
monopod
monopoly
monoque
MONOS
monosexual