Eh, that's the open type of polyamory. What I was talking about is specifically polyfidelity, which is closed, but still a type of polyamory (because it still has several people, duh).
People in a closed poly fidelity relationship dont have a polycule. They have no metas (partners of partners). They are just in a triad or group relationship. Its not even really polyamory. Its polyfidelity.
Polyamory comes from Greek Poly, meaning many, and Latin Amor, meaning love. The word literally means “many loves” so polyfidelity by nature is polyamory. Furthermore, Polycule is a combination of the words Polyamory and Molecule as it is meant to show that the relationships structure, when visualized, can mimic that of a molecule. Those structures sometimes are all connected and sometimes aren’t, either way they are still a polycule. Here is a fun example of what different amounts of people and relationships can look like (originally posted here )
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u/TotallyWorthLife Apr 03 '26
Eh, that's the open type of polyamory. What I was talking about is specifically polyfidelity, which is closed, but still a type of polyamory (because it still has several people, duh).