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endogamy
[ en-dog-uh-mee ]
endogamy
/ ˌɛndəʊˈɡæmɪk; ɛnˈdɒɡəmɪ /
noun
- anthropol marriage within one's own tribe or similar unit Compare exogamy
- pollination between two flowers on the same plant
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Derived Forms
- enˈdogamous, adjective
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Other Words From
- en·dog·a·mous [en-, dog, -, uh, -m, uh, s], en·do·gam·ic [en-doh-, gam, -ik], adjective
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Example Sentences
Limited exogamy with direct maternal or paternal descent, accordingly, means a reapproach to endogamy.
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Natural selection has determined that exogamy produces fitter progeny than endogamy.
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There is no antithesis between endogamy and exogamy; no exogamous "tribes" have been found up to the present time.
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Endogamy and exogamy are forms of the mores in which one of these policies has been adopted to the exclusion of the other.
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The captured wife was also a trophy, and the play of this fact on vanity would always tend to disintegrate the system of endogamy.
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