👉 Polygarchy is a term used in anthropology and sociology to describe a group of individuals who are married or have children with more than one partner. It can refer to any combination of marriages, including multiple wives and concubines, as well as single women having children from multiple partners. In the context of polygamous societies, it often refers to a social structure where there is at least one man for every woman, which means that each individual has an equal share of the family wealth or property