Best antonym for polyamorous

[usable001]

not-having-a-sense-of-humor is a peeve, too.

One of my favorite lines from Men in Black:

"You're joking."

"No ma'am, we in the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of."

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Specifically with regard to your story, what is an example of a sentence you would like to put this hypothetical word into?

It was in the middle of the "Bi but..." forum discussion. Somewhere around the time I talked about Fiddler on the Roof.

There was an era when what was going on inside your head didn't matter—or at least wasn't discussed. Everything was about what you did and less about why you did it. If you did something unacceptable to your family or peers, it was because you failed to "control yourself." The words monogamy and polygamy are both from that era. They are things you did.

Polyamory is a much newer word. It is a word related to how you think.

Heterosexuality and homosexuality (and pedophilia, for that matter) are words that have changed definitions. In the "did era," if a man was having sex with a woman, he was heterosexual. If he had sex with a man, he was homosexual, but wouldn't be considered homosexual before then because he hadn't acted on his thoughts and feelings. People would say, based on his actions, that he had "turned gay." That is, of course, no longer true, not because people are acting differently, but because the way the words are used changed.

So I, someone raised during the transition, am trying to explain how the words and world have changed to someone raised in the "did era" while in a virtual room full of people firmly raised in the "think era" who are confused about why the discussion has to happen at all. I needed to be as precise as possible with my language without being confusing (and still flubbed it several times).

It was at that time that I realized I was missing a word in my toolbox and started this thread.

...maybe what's called for is to consider writing the passage differently so that you use more words to convey what you mean, while still letting the "non-polyamorous" concept hold the same place and serve the same purpose in the story.

I did. I started talking about the song "Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler on the Roof... using an example first presented in 1964 to try and explain to both sides that a shift occurred in the first place.

 

[Cagivagurl]

Does polyamorous have a good antonym?

If being polyamorous is how someone feels, and being a swinger is what someone does, then the online suggestion—monogamous—seems like a better antonym for swinger than polyamorous. The only words I can come up with, like fixated or obsessed, all have negative connotations. Even faithful is seen as an action.

Puritanical

 

[XerXesXu]

Puritanical

Whilst having 'catholic' tastes is the antonym of 'puritanical', even I, raised and confirmed as a Catholic -- though never a believer -- would find it difficult to consider 'polyamorous' and 'catholic' as synonyms.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

AH threads are very much like a movie by James Gunn. It's a societal thing, O.P., so you better get used to it.

 

[Cagivagurl]

Whilst having 'catholic' tastes is the antonym of 'puritanical', even I, raised and confirmed as a Catholic -- though never a believer -- would find it difficult to consider 'polyamorous' and 'catholic' as synonyms.

Sorry, but I do not see the connection...
PURITANICAL: An attitude, lifestyle, or belief system characterized by extremely strict moral or religious principles, particularly an aversion to sensual pleasures and a focus on self-restraint. People often use the term as a criticism to describe someone who is overly rigid, prudish, or judgmental.

 

[XerXesXu]

Sorry, but I do not see the connection...
PURITANICAL: An attitude, lifestyle, or belief system characterized by extremely strict moral or religious principles, particularly an aversion to sensual pleasures and a focus on self-restraint. People often use the term as a criticism to describe someone who is overly rigid, prudish, or judgmental.

Merriam-Webster.

Catholic.
2
: comprehensive, universal
especially : broad in sympathies, tastes, or interests

Puritans, historically, have been very different to Catholics, who are tolerant of sin and human frailties that are to be forgiven in confession and communion. Puritans are the hellfire and damnation folk.

 

[Cagivagurl]

Merriam-Webster.

Catholic.
2
: comprehensive, universal
especially : broad in sympathies, tastes, or interests

Puritans, historically, have been very different to Catholics, who are tolerant of sin and human frailties that are to be forgiven in confession and communion. Puritans are the hellfire and damnation folk.

The word puritan is not associated directly to Catholicism... It is Non denominational...
Simply refers to people with specific beliefs.. And it does fit as an antonym for Polyamorous...

In my opinion only...

 

[XerXesXu]

In my opinion only...

Quite.

 

[TheLobster]

*rolls in*

*looks around*

Hoo boy, they’re all at it again, aren’t they, precious? Discussing how many microscopic angels can fit into their navels, that they are staring at oh-so-very-intently.

Leave them be.

Of course I could. But where’s the fun in that?

You already waved a red cape when you posted in that Bi thread. Now you wanna do it again?

I know, I know. But it’s so tempting! Like, the answer is right there…

Doesn’t mean you have to say it.

Heck, I bet they already know themselves.

Exactly, so why would you —

I’m going for it, precious.

Please don’t.

Nope, sorry. Has to be done. The answer to OP’s question…

Oh dear.

…about the most accurate antonym to ‘polyamorous’…

You can still say mono-something!

…is, of course, ‘normal’.

Crap.

Aww, come on! Cheer up. It will be fun to see their reactions!

Don’t care. It’s all on you now.

Oh? What do you mean, precious?

If you get mauled by a polar bear, I’m not lifting a single finger.

 

[onehitwanda]

*rolls in*

*looks around*

Hoo boy, they’re all at it again, aren’t they, precious? Discussing how many microscopic angels can fit into their navels, that they are staring at oh-so-very-intently.

Leave them be.

Of course I could. But where’s the fun in that?

You already waved a red cape when you posted in that Bi thread. Now you wanna do it again?

I know, I know. But it’s so tempting! Like, the answer is right there…

Doesn’t mean you have to say it.

Heck, I bet they already know themselves.

Exactly, so why would you —

I’m going for it, precious.

Please don’t.

Nope, sorry. Has to be done. The answer to OP’s question…

Oh dear.

…about the most accurate antonym to ‘polyamorous’…

You can still say mono-something!

…is, of course, ‘normal’.

Crap.

Aww, come on! Cheer up. It will be fun to see their reactions!

Don’t care. It’s all on you now.

Oh? What do you mean, precious?

If you get mauled by a polar bear, I’m not lifting a single finger.

 

[Ianus4]

If you get mauled by a polar bear, I’m not lifting a single finger.

Nanuka wouldn't hurt you.