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Meaning of "group marriage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GROUP MARRIAGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROUP MARRIAGE

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preposition
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determiner
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Group marriage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GROUP MARRIAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Group marriage

Group marriage is a marriage-like arrangement between more than two people. Usually consisting of three to six adults, all partners live together, share finances, children, and household responsibilities.

Definition of group marriage in the English dictionary

The definition of group marriage in the dictionary is an arrangement in which several males live together with several females, forming a conjugal unit.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROUP MARRIAGE

group
group captain
group dynamics
group insurance
Group of Eight
Group of Five
Group of Seven
Group of Seventy-Seven
Group of Ten
Group of Three
Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
Group of Twenty-Four
group practice
group sex
group speed
group theory
group therapist
group therapy
group velocity
group work

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROUP MARRIAGE

arranged marriage
arriage
baby carriage
carriage
civil marriage
common-law marriage
doll carriage
ferriage
foliage
gun carriage
horseless carriage
intermarriage
marriage
miscarriage
mixed marriage
open marriage
out-marriage
railway carriage
remarriage
triage
undercarriage

Synonyms and antonyms of group marriage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «group marriage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROUP MARRIAGE

Find out the translation of group marriage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of group marriage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «group marriage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

群婚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

matrimonio de grupo
570 millions of speakers

English

group marriage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समूह शादी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الزواج مجموعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

групповой брак
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

união do grupo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রুপ বিবাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mariage de groupe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkahwinan kumpulan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gruppenehe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

集団婚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그룹 결혼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grup perkawinan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhóm hôn nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழு திருமணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गट विवाह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Grup evliliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

matrimonio di gruppo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

małżeństwo grupowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

груповий шлюб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

căsătorie de grup
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομαδικός γάμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groep huwelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gruppäktenskap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gruppe ekteskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of group marriage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROUP MARRIAGE»

The term «group marriage» is normally little used and occupies the 134.348 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROUP MARRIAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about group marriage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROUP MARRIAGE»

Discover the use of group marriage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to group marriage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia
A study of indigenous Australian kinship structures demonstrating fundamental social anthropological concepts.
Northcote Whitridge Thomas, 2010
2
Lost and Found: My Life in a Group Marriage Commune
The powerful memoir of a woman who searched for transformation but found the truth about herself.
Margaret Hollenbach, 2004
3
Marriage and Worship in the Early Societies A Treatise on ...
Partners in group- marriage generally live in different camps. Practically all Chukchee families arc united in group- marriage. Group- marriage considered equal to a blood-tie. The being that the reciprocal use of wives, which in group- ...
Sir James George Frazer, 1995
4
Family and Community in the Kibbutz
social structure, and determines to a large extent the structure and functions of the kinship groups within it, the phenomenon of spontaneous out-group marriage in the second generation calls for detailed analysis.19 Classification of the ...
Yonina Talmon, 1972
5
Kinship Organizations and Group Marriage in Australia
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Northcote Whitridge Thomas, 2010
6
In the Soviet House of Culture: A Century of Perestroikas
Frederick Engels1 Since it has recently become fashionable among certain rationalistic ethnographers to deny the existence of group marriage, the following report is of interest; I translate it from the Russkiye Vyedomosti, Moscow, October 14, ...
Bruce Grant, 1995
7
The Survival of a Counterculture: Ideological Work and ...
In these cases the commune itself is a conscious and formal expression of a deliberate ideological intention to create a "group marriage." In such groups not only is exclusive coupling explicitly disavowed, but sexual preferences are formally ...
‎2003
8
Kamilaroi and Kurnai; Group-Marriage and Relationship, and ...
There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
Lorimer Fison, 2010
9
Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australi
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Northcote Whitridge Thomas, 2012
10
Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide ...
Both group marriage and polyandry are regarded by anthropologists as rare. What has been identified as group marriage, as among certain Australian tribes and the Chukchi of Siberia, may rather be a limited periodic sexual communism that ...
William A. Dyrness, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROUP MARRIAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term group marriage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why not polygamy?
Nussbaum's suggestion is that group marriage, fashioned along liberal and egalitarian lines, makes sense for Americans to accept. «American Thinker, Jul 15»
2
Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd and the rest of USWNT celebrates WWC …
... America, where they got to meet the pop group Fifth Harmony and endured a rather bizarre group marriage proposal from Shaquille O'Neil. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
We Aren't Seriously Talking About Legalizing Group Marriage, Are …
Conor Friedersdorf over at The Atlantic quotes heavily, in turn, from another recent Politico op-ed by from Jordan Rauch (oh my god, it's an ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»
4
The Case Against Encouraging Polygamy
But I think it would be imprudent to include their arrangement in civil marriage, with its incentivizing benefits, because if group marriage were to ... «The Atlantic, Jul 15»
5
Marriage equality makes Mr. Bravo ask 'What's it all about?'
Mark Leno, left, hugs gay rights advocate Stuart Gaffney, with the group Marriage Equality USA, across the street from City Hall in San ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Mistresses Recap: Third-Party Politics
And yet the penultimate scene from “Threesomes” — buff, bearded Alec busting into Karen's group marriage-counseling session; her eyes ... «TVLine, Jul 15»
7
'Polygamy could be next' after US Court redefines marriage
Group marriage “could plausibly” be legalised as a result of the US Supreme Court's decision to redefine marriage in every state, according to a ... «The Christian Institute, Jul 15»
8
Liberty lost with Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage
... placed on the table in an article in Politico titled, “It's time to legalize polygamy: Why group marriage is the next horizon of social liberalism.”. «Branford News, Jul 15»
9
ARMERDING: Liberty lost with Supreme Court ruling on same-sex …
... placed on the table in an article in Politico titled, “It's time to legalize polygamy: Why group marriage is the next horizon of social liberalism.”. «Niagara Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Is gay marriage paving the way for legal polygamy?
“If current legal structures and precedents aren't conducive to group marriage, then they will be built in time.” Yet supporters for polygamous ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»

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