Meaning & use
Polyamorist
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A person who practices polyamory, engaging in multiple consensual romantic or sexual relationships at the same time.
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As a polyamorist, she is openly involved with two partners who also know each other.
The documentary interviewed several polyamorists about how they structure their households.
A note on using this word
Built from 'poly-' (many) and 'amor' (Latin for love), the term entered wider use in the 1990s alongside the modern polyamory movement.
Words with an opposite meaning
monogamist
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