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Meaning of EXOGAMY

Pronunciation:  ek'sâgumee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
 
 Synonyms: intermarriage
 
 See Also: marriage, matrimony, union, wedlock

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*og"a*my\, n.
The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between
members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; --
opposed to endogamy. --Lubbock.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The opposite of endogamy:
  1. Sexual reproduction between organisms which are completely unrelated to each other.
  2. Marriage between members of different groups, classes, or communities.
 
Glossary
 
 Definition: marriage outside a particular group with which one is identified.
 

 

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