definition of polyamory

noun

the practice of having more than one intimate relationship at a time

If monogamy is, as the psychotherapist Adam Phillips says, our secular religion, polyamory is the latest heresy.

Submitted from United Kingdom on 09/04/2012 10:42:00

Definition of polyamory from the Open Dictionary – a public resource hosted by Macmillan English Dictionary Online

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