Hetaerism
[hi-teer-iz-uh m] /hɪˈtɪər ɪz əm/
noun
1.
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2.
a social system in which the women are considered common property.
/hɪˈtɪərɪzəm/
noun
1.
the state of being a concubine
2.
(sociol, anthropol) a social system attributed to some primitive societies, in which women are communally shared
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