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Definition of Extramarital
1. Adjective. Characterized by adultery. "The extracurricular activities of a philandering husband"
Definition of Extramarital
1. Adjective. Taking place outside marriage. ¹
2. Adjective. Adulterous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extramarital
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extramarital
Literary usage of Extramarital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gender, Land and Livelihoods in East Africa: Through Farmers' Eyes by Ritu Verma (2001)
"Nonetheless, "roaming" wives (those engaging in extramarital affairs) and ...
The potential for women to engage in extramarital affairs is heightened where ..."
2. The Health Gap: Beyond Pregnancy and Reproduction by Jennifer Kitts, Janet Hatcher Roberts (1996)
"According to Guimaraes (1994), the husband or steady partner who has extramarital
relations may reason that what he does away from home is his own business, ..."
3. The Social Hygiene Bulletin by American Social Hygiene Association (1920)
"extramarital indulgence tends normally to divorce love from passion, ...
extramarital indulgence tends to give use and exercise to passion while neglecting ..."
4. Same Bed, Different Dreams: America and Japan-Societies in Transition by Alan D. Romberg, Tadashi Yamamoto (1990)
"Premarital sex is now completely approved by about 40 percent of the population,
but similar complete approval for extramarital sex reaches only about 3 ..."
5. AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses by Stuart Gillespie (2006)
"The most common change has been toward multiple sex partners by reducing the
number of extramarital affairs, the use of prostitutes, and polygamous ..."
6. Report of the Missouri Task Force on Gender and Justice (1994)
"... a perception that Missouri trial judges, largely male, tend to penalize wives
for extramarital affairs more heavily than similarly situated husbands. ..."
7. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"Present history: One month previous to entry, following extramarital exposure,
the patient noted that after her regular menstrual period there was a marked ..."
8. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The martial law era Hudood Ordinances criminalize nonmarital rape, extramarital
sex, and various gambling, alcohol, and property offenses. ..."
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