companionate

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adjective

Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another.

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Meanings

adjectivecompanionate (comparative more companionate, superlative most companionate)

comparative more companionate · superlative most companionate

  1. historicalDesignating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another.First known use 20th c.
  2. Friendly, companionable.First known use 20th c.
  3. Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.First known use 20th c.

    Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection.

    2017, Esther Perel, The State of Affairs

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelike a companion

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Origin

From companion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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APA

companionate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/companionate

MLA

“companionate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/companionate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “companionate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/companionate.

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