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polyfidelitous

polyfidelitous adjective: faithful within a polyamorous relationship.

Adjective

polyfidelitous (not comparable)

  1. Faithful within a polyamorous relationship.
    • Although they were apart for several months, Haziq, Buford, and Noelani remained polyfidelitous as they were only interested in maintaining romantic relationships with other members of their throuple.
    • This lack of interest in multi-party marriage among polyamorists is particularly interesting given the fact that, as mentioned above, there is often a legal marriage between at least two of the partners in a polyfidelitous group.2005, Kelsi Brown Corkran, “Exclusion and Expression in Marriage”, in The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, volume 6, number 1, page 61

Origin of polyfidelitous

From poly- + fidelitous.

Questions about polyfidelitous

What does polyfidelitous mean?
Polyfidelitous means faithful within a polyamorous relationship.
What part of speech is polyfidelitous?
Polyfidelitous is an adjective.

Words near polyfidelitous in the dictionary

  1. polyfascicular
  2. polyfection
  3. polyfections
  4. polyferredoxin
  5. polyferredoxins
  6. polyfidelitous
  7. polyfidelity
  8. polyfilament
  9. polyfill
  10. Polyfilla
  11. polyfilled

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