"companionate marriage" meaning in All languages combined

See companionate marriage on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: companionate marriages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} companionate marriage (plural companionate marriages)
  1. A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.
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  2. (social history, anthropology) A conception of marriage where complicity, communication and support between spouses are considered important, rather than purely material questions of inheritance etc.
    Sense id: en-companionate_marriage-en-noun-pkuJ1fuT Categories (other): Anthropology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Marriage Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Marriage: 51 49 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

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