Editing Polygamy

'''Polygamy''' (from πολύς γάμος ''polys'' ''gamos'', translated literally in [[Greek language|Late Greek]] as "often married"<ref name=Zeitzen/>) is a form of marriage in which a person has more than one spouse at the same time, as opposed to [[monogamy]] in which a person has only one spouse at a time.<ref name=Zeitzen>{{cite book |last=Zeitzen |first=Miriam Koktvedgaard |title=Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WIzHjpTJgdQC&pg=PA3 |publisher=Berg |page=3 |year=2008 |isbn=1845202201}}</ref> When a man has more than one wife, the relationship is called [[polygyny]]; and when a woman has more than one husband, it is called [[polyandry]]. If a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives, it can be called [[group marriage]].<ref name=Zeitzen/>

The term is used in related ways in [[social anthropology]], [[sociobiology]], [[sociology]], as well as in popular speech. In social anthropology, polygamy is the practice of a person's making him/herself available for two or more spouses to mate with. In contrast, [[monogamy]] is a marriage consisting of only two parties. Like ''monogamy'', the term is often used in a ''[[de facto]]'' sense, applying regardless of whether the relationships are recognized by the [[state (polity)|state]] (see [[marriage (conflict)|marriage]] for a discussion on the extent to which states can and do recognize potentially and actually polygamous forms as valid). In sociobiology, and [[zoology]] polygamy is used in a broad sense to mean any form of multiple [[mating]].  

It was legal in [[Utah]] for a while but was outlawed around the time it became a state.

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