intermarriage

[ in-ter-mar-ij, in-ter-mar-ij ]
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noun
  1. marriage between people of different religions, tribes, castes, ethnicities, or racial groups, as between a white person and a Black person or between a Christian and a Muslim.

  2. marriage between people of different social classes.

  1. marriage within a specific social or cultural group, as required by custom or law; endogamy.

  2. marriage between people belonging to the same small group, especially if they are close blood relatives.

Origin of intermarriage

1
First recorded in 1570–80; inter- + marriage

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