Use:

Fundamentalist Mormon group or community instead of the more offensive “clan”

Neighborhood; enclosed community instead of “compound”

Residents of Hildale/Colorado City (formerly Short Creek) instead of “Creekers”

“Culture” instead of the highly offensive term “cult”

“Left the polygamous lifestyle” or “escaped an abusive situation” instead of “escaped from polygamy”

Davis County co-op instead of “Kingston clan”

Fundamentalist Mormons or Fundamentalist groups instead of “polygamist groups”

Plural marriage (used more frequently within the culture) instead of polygamy (considered derogatory by some)

Residents of Centennial Park instead of “Second Ward(ers)”

Plural wife instead of “spiritual wife”

Highly offensive expressions to avoid:

Destructive of the human rights of women
Inequality and exploitation of women
Plyg
Polygamy breeds child abuse
Sexual exploitation
Slavery
Subjugation of women

Compiled by Anne Wilde
Principle Voices, 2005