polygamist
複婚主義者／複婚者
解説 Definition
同時に複数の配偶者を持つことを実践する人、またはその制度を支持する人を指します。男性が複数の妻を持つ場合に限らず、より広く複婚に関わる人を表します。
A polygamist is a person who is married to more than one person at the same time. The word is used in discussions of marriage customs, religion, culture, and law. In many countries, polygamy is illegal or socially controversial.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
poly- は「多い」、-gamy は「結婚」と考えると、polygamy は「複数の結婚」です。そこに -ist が付いた polygamist は「複婚をする人、支持する人」になります。一夫多妻の場合にも使えますが、単語そのものは男性だけに限定されません。
Break it into parts: `poly-` means many, `gam` is the same root as in marriage words, and `-ist` means a person who follows an idea or practice. Link it to `polygyny`, which names the system, and `polygamist`, the person connected with it. This helps separate it from `bigamist`, which is often about an illegal marriage situation.
例文
The law did not recognize the marriages of the polygamist.
その法律はその複婚者の結婚を認めませんでした。
The article interviewed a polygamist about family life.
その記事は家族生活について一人の複婚者に取材しました。
A polygamist may have more than one spouse at the same time.
複婚者は同時に複数の配偶者を持つことがあります。
polygamist の類義語・関連語
派生語
polygamist の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 poly-（多くの）+ gamos（結婚）+ -ist（人）の合成語。polygamyは「複数の結婚」が原義。同根語に monogamist（一夫一婦主義者）、bigamist（重婚者）がある。gamoは「結合」の意で、配偶子を意味する gamete も同根。
Polygamist is built from Greek poly- "many," gamos "marriage," and the suffix -ist for a person. It is closely related to polygamy, and can be compared with monogamist and bigamist. The core idea is a person connected with many marriages, from a root also seen in words such as gamete, which carries the older sense of union or marriage.
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