multipartnership

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

multi- +‎ partnership

Noun[edit]

multipartnership (uncountable)

  1. The condition of having more than one partner.
    • 1955, United States. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Annual report, page 89:
      America's multipartnership in the health cause has been strengthened and fortified, and should yield even greater dividends in the years to come.
    • 1998, Barthélémy Kuate Defo, Sexuality and reproductive health during adolescence in Africa:
      Table 3 shows the extent of multipartnership among adolescents who had a sexual partner at the time of the survey. Both male and female respondents were asked if they had other casual and steady sexual partners.