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The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.

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  1. n. The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.
  2. The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]
  3. The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexualintercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes orcommunistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]
  4. n. The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.