Coenogamy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coenogamy \C[oe]*nog"a*my\, n. [Gr. ?; koino`s common + ?
     marraige.]
     The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual
     intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive
     tribes or communistic societies. [Written also {cenogamy}.]
     [1913 Webster]