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polyamorist en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree English polyamory Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English polyamorist From polyamory + -ist.

Meanings

1. An advocate or practitioner of polyamory.
   • 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:

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