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endogamy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun endogamy has 1 sense
- endogamy(n = noun.state) inmarriage, intermarriage - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law; Array is a kind of marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock
Derived form adjective endogamous2
Antonym: exogamy
CIDE DICTIONARY
endogamy, n.
Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
endogamy, n.
1 Anthropol. marrying within the same tribe.
2 Bot. pollination from the same plant.
1 Anthropol. marrying within the same tribe.
2 Bot. pollination from the same plant.
Derivative
endogamous adj.
Etymology
ENDO- + Gk gamos marriage
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