polygamy

marriage to more than one spouse
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polygamy

Summary

polygamy is a mating system[1]. polygamy draws 32,666 Wikipedia views per month (mating_system category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • polygamy's instance of is recorded as mating system[3].
  • polygamy's instance of is recorded as type of marriage[4].
  • polygamy is a type of marriage[5].
  • polygamy is a type of non-monogamy[6].
  • polygamy is a type of polygamy in animals[7].
  • polygamy's Commons category is recorded as Polygamy[8].
  • polygamy comprises Polygamy in Islam[9].
  • polygamy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polygamy[10].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[15].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[18].
  • polygamy's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • polygamy's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/polygamy[20].
  • polygamy's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://judaism.stackexchange.com/tags/polygamy[21].
  • polygamy's different from is recorded as consensual non-monogamy[22].
  • polygamy's different from is recorded as Polygamia[23].
  • polygamy's different from is recorded as polyamory[24].
  • polygamy's different from is recorded as Q21606441[25].
  • polygamy's has part is recorded as polygynous marriage[26].
  • polygamy's has part is recorded as polyandry[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include mating system[3] and type of marriage[4]. Recorded subclass of include marriage[5], non-monogamy[6], and polygamy in animals[7].

Use and Application

polygamy comprises Polygamy in Islam[9].

Why It Matters

polygamy draws 32,666 Wikipedia views per month (mating_system category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] polygamy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] polygamy is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/poligamia
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: p/poligamia, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275041|batch #275041]]"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → polygamy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: polygamy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950766|polygamy (#289950766)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12260
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 12260, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483397|POLYGAMY (#167483397)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2Z0MIq
    P14483 → p/poligamia
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 12w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/poligamia
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: p/poligamia, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
  6. 15w ago · Gert7 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → consensual non-monogamy, Polygamia, polyamory +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q21606441]]"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0368692-polygamie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0368692-polygamie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  8. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 169498
    Instance of → mating system, type of marriage
    Has parts → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1128, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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