polyfamily

== English == === Etymology === From poly- +‎ family. === Pronunciation === === Noun === polyfamily (plural polyfamilies) A group of people in a polyamorous relationship, who consider each other as family. Such a group, together with children of members of the group. 2010, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Polyfamilies Go to School, chapter 18 of Understanding Non-Monogamies, ed. Meg Barker, Darren Langdridge; Routledge (→ISBN), page 185: Some adults in the research who had grown up in polyfamilies and who had learned to lie at school believed that the positives they had gained from being raised in such closeted families far outweighed any negatives such as lying.