Ambiamory: Comfort With Both Monogamy and Polyamory
Ambiamory is the capacity or preference to feel fulfilled in either monogamous or polyamorous relationships, depending on compatibility and circumstances.
Monopoly Relationship: When Monogamy and Polyamory Coexist
A monopoly relationship, more clearly called a mono/poly relationship, involves one monogamous partner and one polyamorous partner within a consensual arrangement.
Parallel Polyamory: Separate Relationships and Limited Metamour Contact
Parallel polyamory is a relationship style in which multiple consensual relationships remain largely separate, with limited or no direct interaction between metamours.
Kitchen-Table Polyamory: Partners and Metamours Sharing Community
Kitchen-table polyamory is a relationship style in which partners and metamours are comfortable communicating, socializing, and sharing parts of community or family life.
Secondary Partner: Meaning, Priority, and Hierarchy in Polyamory
A secondary partner has less structural priority than a primary partner but may still share a loving, sexual, emotionally significant, and long-term relationship.
Compersion: Joy in a Partner’s Other Romantic or Sexual Connection
Compersion is a positive feeling about a partner’s happiness, affection, love, or sexual pleasure with another person, especially in polyamorous relationships.
Non-Hierarchical Polyamory: Relationships Without Fixed Partner Ranking
Non-hierarchical polyamory involves multiple consensual relationships without formally ranking partners as primary, secondary, or less important.
Hierarchical Polyamory: Primary Partners, Priority, and Relationship Structure
Hierarchical polyamory organizes multiple consensual relationships into different levels of priority, responsibility, commitment, or decision-making power.
Solo Polyamory: Independent Relationships Without a Primary Partner
Solo polyamory is a relationship style involving multiple consensual relationships while maintaining personal independence and avoiding automatic primary-partner hierarchy.
Relationship Anarchy: Autonomy, Commitment, and Nonhierarchical Bonds
Relationship anarchy is a philosophy that allows each intimate, romantic, sexual, or platonic relationship to develop through voluntary agreements rather than fixed hierarchy.