endogamy

English

Etymology

From endo- +‎ -gamy; compare inmarriage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdɒɡəmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

endogamy (usually uncountable, plural endogamies)

1. The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intermarriage

   Antonyms: exogamy; see also Thesaurus:intermarriage

   • 1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 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.

2. (biology) The fusion of two related gametes.

   Antonym: exogamy

Derived terms

• clan endogamy

Related terms

• endogamous

Translations

the practice of marrying within one's own social group

• Catalan: endogàmia (ca) f
• Czech: endogamie f
• Danish: endogami c, indgifte n
• Dutch: endogamie (nl) f
• Estonian: endogaamia
• Finnish: endogamia (fi)
• French: endogamie (fr) f
• German: Endogamie (de) f, Binnenheirat f, Kastenheirat f
• Greek: ενδογαμία (el) f (endogamía)
• Hungarian: endogámia (hu)
• Icelandic: innvensl n pl
• Italian: endogamia (it) f
• Japanese: 近親婚 (きんしんこん, kinshinkon)
• Korean: 근친혼(近親婚) (geunchinhon)
• Persian: درون‌همسری
• Polish: endogamia (pl) f
• Portuguese: endogamia f
• Russian: эндогамия (ru) f (endogamija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ендога̀мија f

  Roman: endogàmija f

• Spanish: endogamia (es) f
• Swedish: endogami (sv) c, ingifte (sv) n
• Ukrainian: ендогамія f (endohamija)