Monogynists

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Those who practice or advocate having only one wife or female partner at a time in marriage or relationships; people endorsing exclusive female partnership in a social or marital context; individuals committed to a system where a man is married to or partners with a single woman exclusively
2. Persons who favor or live by the principle of exclusive partnership with one woman, typically in marriage; proponents of a relationship model involving a single female spouse; those adhering to a marital convention limited to one female partner at once
3. Supporters or practitioners of monogyny, the custom or belief in maintaining only one female spouse or companion; individuals who restrict their intimate or marital relations to one woman; adherents to a social arrangement where a man has just one female mate at any given time

Etymology: "Monogynists" is the plural of "monogynist", which means one who supports or practises marriage to a single wife. The root lies in Greek: "monos" means "single" or "alone", and "gynē" means "woman" or "wife", giving the sense of one woman. The same building blocks appear in the botanical term "monogynous", used of flowers with a single pistil, which shows how the Greek roots were readily combined for technical and social vocabulary alike.

Synonyms: monogamists, faithful partners

Antonyms: polygynists, promiscuous individuals