Polycule
In the context of polyamory, a polycule is a group of individuals connected by set of overlapping relationships – romantic, sexual, and sometimes also platonic – that connect all the members in the group in the same way that atomic bonds connect the atoms in a molecule. The word is a portmanteau of "polyamory" and "molecule".
Like a molecule, a polycule can be simple or very complex.
The origin of the term is not clear, but it seems to enter the popular lexicon starting in the early 2010s. By the 2020s, discussions of polycules had entered the mainstream media.
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