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polyandry

a type of relationship in which the female partner may have multiple male spouses at the same time
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polyandry

Summary

polyandry ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,698 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • polyandry is a type of polygamy[2].
  • polyandry is the opposite of polygynous marriage[3].
  • polyandry is the opposite of monandry[4].
  • polyandry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polyandry[5].
  • polyandry's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • polyandry's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • polyandry's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • polyandry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • polyandry's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].

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Definition and Type

polyandry is a type of polygamy[2]. Recorded opposite of include polygynous marriage[3] and monandry[4].

Why It Matters

polyandry ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,698 views/month).[1] polyandry has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] polyandry is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
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    Topic's main category → Category:Polyandry
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 169402
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25643, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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