endogamy
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
endo- + -gamy; compare inmarriage.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
endogamy (usually uncountable, plural endogamies)
- The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
- 1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage 2007, p. 24:
- Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders.
- 1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage 2007, p. 24:
- (biology) the fusion of two related gametes.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:intermarriage
AntonymsEdit
- exogamy
- See also Thesaurus:intermarriage
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
the practice of marrying within one's own social group
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