'Coenogamy' definitions:
Definition of 'Coenogamy'
- Coenogamy \C[oe]*nog"a*my\, n. [Gr. ?; koino`s common + ?
marraige.]
The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual
intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive
tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]
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