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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'serial monogamy' is an acceptable expression in written English
It is used to describe a situation in which a person is involved in a series of monogamous relationships, one after the other. For example, "Tim has engaged in serial monogamy throughout his life, never staying with any one partner for an extended period of time".
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serial monogamy
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The practice of having a succession of (especially short) monogamous relationships with different people.
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Nora Ephron: "Serial Monogamy," February 13 , 2006
Instead they have so-called walking marriages, a system of serial monogamy.
I look forward to Polygamy beer, coming as I do from the land of serial monogamy.
Modern societies derive from communities of hunter-gatherers who practised serial monogamy.
Female couples tend to go for serial monogamy: when it's over, it's over.
Serial monogamy characterised my early romantic life, as it does for many people.
The lifelong commitment of a gay couple is more impressive than the serial monogamy of straights.
New relationship energy can be a little harder to manage in the polyamorous context than it is in serial monogamy.
9 30 P.M. (CBS) TWO AND A HALF MEN -- Life is so complicated in the age of serial monogamy.
These days, once we have children we change partners — in a pattern he calls "dynamic polygamy" (basically serial monogamy, but kinkier) — more often than we change locations.
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