cohabitation

noun

Definition of cohabitationnext
as in remarriage

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  1. intermarriage
  2. miscegenation
  3. relationship
  4. polygamy
  5. mixed marriage
  6. polygyny
  7. bigamy
  8. civil union
Noun
  • And Viserys coveting Dany was a sadistic example of his own obsolescence; while intermarriage may have been common for House Targaryen decades ago, Viserys clinging to customs of the past was a sign of his own unfitness to rule in the present.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2024
  • Similarly, Hispanic intermarriage may have the effect of weakening a sense of distinct Hispanic or Latino identity as multiracial identity rises and diverse families grow, Lopez told me.
    Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of intermarriage
Noun
  • Their mutual groping, filmed in blue light, could be the most frank miscegenation ever put on film.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In practice, this amounted to a bizarre, Stasi-like effort to micromanage the dating scene in a town of 100,000—and to stamp out religious miscegenation at first flush.
    Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
Definition of miscegenation
Noun
  • Scrutinize your relationships and decide to spend time only with positive people.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • That said, intellectual curiosity is at the heart of a spy’s relationship toolkit.
    Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of relationship
Noun
  • The raid drove polygamy in fundamentalist Mormon communities further underground and allowed people like Warren Jeffs to rally followers by using their fear of the government.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The fundamentalist group, also known as FLDS, split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890.
    Jacques Billeaud and Anita Snow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of polygamy
Noun
  • At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
    Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.
    Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Definition of mixed marriage
Noun
  • The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.
    Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
Definition of polygyny
Noun
  • Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.
    Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2024
Definition of bigamy
Noun
  • Since 2003, the Polish parliament has discussed legalizing civil unions at least five times—but each time, the proposals have foundered for want of government support.
    Marta Figlerowicz, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Mary and Romain entered into a civil union in 2018, and celebrated their nuptials with a wedding ceremony the following year.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of civil union
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