Definition

Noun: A person who practices or advocates for monogamy; someone who has or believes in having only one spouse or partner at a time.

Usage

The term is used to describe a person whose personal practice or philosophical belief is centered on having a single marital partner. It is a formal or technical term often found in sociological, anthropological, or religious discussions about marriage systems. - As a committed monogynist, he believed lifelong partnership with one person was foundational to a stable society. - The study contrasted the views of polygamists and monogynists within the community.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used attributively to modify other nouns, though this is rare.
  • The monogynist perspective was dominant in the debate.

Variants and Related Words

• Monogamy (n): The practice or state of being married to one person at a time.
• Monogamous (adj): Practicing or involving monogamy.
• Monogamist (n): A more common synonym for a person who practices monogamy. (Note: 'Monogynist' is a less frequent variant).

Synonyms

• Monogamist
• (Descriptive phrases): Advocate of monogamy, practitioner of single-partner marriage.

Notes on Meaning

• The word is formed from "mono-" (one, single) and "-gynist" (from Greek , meaning woman). Historically, it could imply a man having one wife, but in modern usage, it is generally understood in a gender-neutral sense as someone (of any gender) who has one spouse.
• It is important to distinguish this term from "misogynist," which means a person who hates women. They are unrelated in meaning.

Noun

1. someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)