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There’s the divorced couple maintaining their relationship for their children; the happy and occasionally smug monogamist; the man who prefers not to commit; the woman who can’t decide.
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Young women wanted to be independent like Carrie Bradshaw (if not for her shoe collection), while men wanted to be more like lothario Joey Tribbiani than monogamist Ross Geller.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
My former best friend and longtime housemate is a serial monogamist and cannot go a couple weeks without being in a long-term relationship, usually having no more than two to three weeks in between very serious relationships.
—Susan Steade, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Bhumi Pednekar stars as Kanika Kapoor, a Delhi food blogger and serial monogamist, who has spent her adult life seeking a satisfying love match, both emotionally and physically, but has never had an orgasm.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
The two women were discussing being serial monogamists in the past, along with what Ratajkowski is looking for in a partner now.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 5 Apr. 2023
The ex-boozer monogamist and the Chateau-dwelling free spirit hate each other, might love each other.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
The Islamic attitude toward women shares much with the Hindu monogamist view, while in African societies women are much more independent economic actors, albeit within a patriarchal context.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2012
The show documents the life of a polygamist family that becomes essentially monogamist in later seasons, which includes father Kody Brown, his four wives and their 18 children.
—al, 11 Sep. 2022
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Young women wanted to be independent like Carrie Bradshaw (if not for her shoe collection), while men wanted to be more like lothario Joey Tribbiani than monogamist Ross Geller.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
My former best friend and longtime housemate is a serial monogamist and cannot go a couple weeks without being in a long-term relationship, usually having no more than two to three weeks in between very serious relationships.
—Susan Steade, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Bhumi Pednekar stars as Kanika Kapoor, a Delhi food blogger and serial monogamist, who has spent her adult life seeking a satisfying love match, both emotionally and physically, but has never had an orgasm.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
The two women were discussing being serial monogamists in the past, along with what Ratajkowski is looking for in a partner now.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 5 Apr. 2023
The ex-boozer monogamist and the Chateau-dwelling free spirit hate each other, might love each other.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
The Islamic attitude toward women shares much with the Hindu monogamist view, while in African societies women are much more independent economic actors, albeit within a patriarchal context.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2012
The show documents the life of a polygamist family that becomes essentially monogamist in later seasons, which includes father Kody Brown, his four wives and their 18 children.
—al, 11 Sep. 2022
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“Monogamist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monogamist. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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monogamist
noun
mo·nog·a·mist
mə-ˈnäg-ə-məst 
: a person who practices or upholds monogamy
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