English word senses marked with topical category "Polyamory"
Parent categories: Love, Romantic orientations, Sexual orientations, Emotions, Virtue, LGBTQ, Sexuality, Mind, Ethics, Human behaviour, Sex, Human, Philosophy, Reproduction, Life, Nature
Total 52 word senses
- V triad (Noun) A triad in which one person is in a polyamorous relationship with two other people who are not in a relationship with each other.
- ambiamorous (Adjective) Having no specific preference for either polyamory or monoamory.
- ambiamory (Noun) A relationship plan undecided between polyamory and monoamory.
- compersion (Noun) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.
- compersionism (Noun) compersion
- compersionist (Noun) One who experiences compersion.
- compersive (Adjective) Pertaining to or exhibiting compersion.
- constellation (Noun) The configuration of planets at a given time (especially a person's birth), as believed to affect events on Earth, or used for determining a horoscope.
- meta (Noun) Clipping of metamour.
- metamour (Noun) In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.
- monamorous (Adjective) Alternative form of monoamorous
- monamory (Noun) Alternative form of monoamory
- mono (Adjective) Monoamorous, monogamous.
- monoamorous (Adjective) Being exclusively faithful to one partner; monogamous (especially as contrasted with polyamorous).
- monoamory (Noun) Practice of involving romantic or sexual relationship with a single partner at a time. (especially as contrasted with polyamory).
- monogamous (Adjective) Having only one sexual partner at a time.
- monogamy (Noun) A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.
- multimate (Adjective) Having multiple romantic or sexual partners.
- ménage à trois (Noun) A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome.
- poly (Adjective) Polyamorous.
- polyam (Adjective) Polyamorous.
- polyamorist (Noun) An advocate or practitioner of polyamory.
- polyamorous (Adjective) Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory.
- polyamorously (Adverb) In a polyamorous manner.
- polyamorousness (Noun) The quality of being polyamorous.
- polyamory (Noun) Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.
- polyandry (Noun) The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.
- polyandry (Noun) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
- polyandry (Noun) Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage.
- polycule (Noun) A polyamorous group of individuals connected by their overlapping romantic, sexual, or platonic relationships.
- polyfamily (Noun) A group of people in a polyamorous relationship, who consider each other as family.
- polyfidelity (Noun) A form of polyamory where all members are considered equal partners and agree to be sexually active only with other members of the group.
- polygamous (Adjective) Exhibiting polygamy.
- polygamy (Noun) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)
- polygyny (Noun) The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.
- polyphilia (Noun) Synonym of polyamory.
- polyphobia (Noun) Fear, hatred, or dislike of, or prejudice against, polyamory or polyamorous people.
- polyphobic (Adjective) Relating to or characteristic of polyphobia.
- polysaturated (Adjective) Having as many romantic partners as one can handle at a time.
- polysexual (Adjective) Sexually polyamorous; that is, having multiple sexual relationships.
- polysexuality (Noun) A sexual orientation characterized by an attraction to people of many, but not all, genders.
- relationship anarchy (Noun) The practice of forming anti-mononormative and anti-hierarchical relationships.
- solo poly (Adjective) Short for solo polyamorous.
- solo polyamorous (Adjective) Engaging in, or relating to, solo polyamory.
- solo polyamory (Noun) A form of polyamory in which the person leads a mostly independent lifestyle, for example not living with their partners or not sharing finances.
- spiritual wifery (Noun) Polygyny; plural marriage.
- throuple (Noun) Three individuals engaged in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- throupling (Noun) The act of joining together to form a throuple.
- unicorn (Noun) The kamichi, or unicorn bird.
- unicorn (Noun) Certain animals:; A Siberian unicorn, †Elasmotherium sibiricum.
- unicorn (Noun) Certain animals:; An Asian unicorn, or saola, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis.
- unicorn hunter (Noun) Someone who invests in startups that may become unicorns (startups whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars).
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