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exogamy
[ ek-sog-uh-mee ]
noun
- marriage outside a specific tribe or similar social unit. Compare endogamy.
- Biology. the union of gametes of unrelated parents.
exogamy
/ ˌɛksəʊˈɡæmɪk; ɛkˈsɒɡəmɪ; ɛkˈsɒɡəməs /
noun
- sociol anthropol the custom or an act of marrying a person belonging to another tribe, clan, or similar social unit Compare endogamy
- biology fusion of gametes from parents that are not closely related
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Derived Forms
- exogamous, adjective
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Other Words From
- ex·og·a·mous [ek-, sog, -, uh, -m, uh, s], ex·o·gam·ic [ek-s, uh, -, gam, -ik], adjective
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Example Sentences
The tribal organization of this period was bound up with an important institution, exogamy, which originated in the totemic age.
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Totemic exogamy clearly represents the earliest form of marriage restriction found in custom or law.
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This form of exogamy does not appear to occur except where the divisions of the tribe are not more than two in number.
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Both forms of exogamy, the unlimited and the limited, observe the same law with respect to the group affiliation of children.
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Thus arises a limited exogamy with indirect maternal or paternal descent, as represented in diagram III.
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