Vocabulary from the guidebook packet for chapter 15 in American Pageant.
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| 19284456 | Polygamy | The practice of having two or more spouses at one time. | 0 | |
| 19284457 | Polygyny | Having two or more wives at one time. | 1 | |
| 19284458 | Polyandry | Having two or more husbands at one time. | 2 | |
| 19284459 | Theocracy | Literally, rule by God; the term is often applied to a state where religious leaders exercise direct or indirect political authority. | 3 | |
| 19284460 | Zealot | One who is carried away by a cause to an extreme or excessive degree. | 4 | |
| 19284461 | Utopian | Referring to any place or plan that aims at an ideal social order. | 5 | |
| 19284462 | Communistic | Referring to the theory or practice in which the means of production are owned by the community as a whole. | 6 | |
| 19284463 | Communitarian | Referring to the belief in or practice of the superiority of community life or values over individual life, but not necessarily the common ownership of material goods. | 7 | |
| 19284464 | Free Love | The principle or practice of sexual relations unrestricted by law, marriage, or religious constraints. | 8 | |
| 19284465 | Eugenic | Concerning the improvement of the human species through selective breeding or genetic control. | 9 | |
| 19284466 | Coitus Reservatus | The practice of sexual intercourse without the male's release of semen. | 10 | |
| 19284467 | Classical | Concerning the culture of ancient Greece and Rome, or any artistic or cultural values presumed to be based on those enduring ancient principles. | 11 | |
| 19284468 | Mystical | Referring to the belief in the direct apprehension of God or divine mystery, without reliance on reason or human comprehension. | 12 | |
| 19284469 | Nonconformist | One who refuses to follow established or conventional ideas or habits. | 13 | |
| 19284470 | Nonviolence | The principle of resolving or engaging in conflict without resort to physical force. | 14 | |
| 19284471 | Urbane | Sophisticated, elegant, cosmopolitan. | 15 | |
| 19284472 | Providential | Under the care and direction of God or other benevolent natural or supernatural forces. | 16 |
