Monogamy and the condition of the one who is monogamous, i.e, that has only one partner. It is a form of marriage that takes place between a man and a woman.
Monogamy occurs when an individual has only one partner, and this union can last a lifetime, or only for a certain period of life. Monogamy is a term that can also be used to designate the existence of only one sexual partner during the lifetime of an individual.
Monogamy also concerns the animal world, always referring to the permanence of an animal with a single partner throughout its life, with the aim of reproduction. For example: the penguin, who stays with only one partner throughout his life.
In the field of Botany, monogamy refers to plants that belong to the Syngenesias class, which have unisexual flowers.
It is believed that monogamy is a utopia, several sects preach that it is not possible for people to have just a partner for the rest of your life, which often leads people to betray their companions. In fact, in some studies, people are related to animals, which are not monogamous, so this practice would be a utopia and creation of the human being.
The antonym of monogamy is polygamy, that is, it is the form of marriage where the individual has more than one wife at the same time.