serial polygamy

== English == === Noun === serial polygamy (usually uncountable, plural serial polygamies) (derogatory) The practice of marrying and divorcing a succession of individual spouses. Coordinate term: polygamy (construable as hypernymous) Near-synonym: serial monogamy 2008 February, Monsignor Robert J. Dempsey, "The Catholic Church's Teaching About Same-Sex Marriage," Linacre Quarterly, vol. 75, pp. 74-75 (Google preview): [T]he widespread acceptance and frequency of divorce means that the bond of marriage is permanent only as long as you want it to be. Thus, state-sanctioned and socially accepted serial polygamy is now the order of the day. ==== Related terms ==== serial polygamist