ALL meanings of hetaerism
he·tae·rism
H h - noun hetaerism A theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers. Synonym: \"primitive promiscuity\". 1
- noun hetaerism concubinage. 1
- noun hetaerism a social system in which the women are considered common property. 1
- noun hetaerism the state of being a concubine 0
- noun hetaerism a social system attributed to some primitive societies, in which women are communally shared 0
- noun hetaerism concubinage 0
- noun hetaerism a system of communal marriage supposed to have been practiced among some early peoples 0