複ふく婚こん

noun

polygamy

Refers to the practice of having more than one spouse simultaneously. A formal, technical term; in everyday conversation, 一夫多妻 (polygyny) or 一妻多夫 (polyandry) are more specific.

• 複ふく婚こんは多おおくの国くにで法ほう律りつで禁きん止しされている。

  Polygamy is legally prohibited in many countries.

• この文ぶん化かでは伝でん統とう的てきに複ふく婚こんが認みとめられてきた。

  Polygamy has traditionally been accepted in this culture.