endogamy

[ en-dog-uh-mee ]

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noun

marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit. Compare exogamy ( def 1 ).

endogamy

/ ɛnˈdɒɡəmɪ; ˌɛndəʊˈɡæmɪk /

See exogamy
anthropol marriage within one's own tribe or similar unit Compare exogamy
pollination between two flowers on the same plant

en·dog·a·mous [en-, dog, -, uh, -m, uh, s], en·do·gam·ic [en-doh-, gam, -ik], adjective

First recorded in 1860–65; endo- + -gamy

How does endogamy compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

Limited exogamy with direct maternal or paternal descent, accordingly, means a reapproach to endogamy.

Natural selection has determined that exogamy produces fitter progeny than endogamy.

There is no antithesis between endogamy and exogamy; no exogamous "tribes" have been found up to the present time.

Endogamy and exogamy are forms of the mores in which one of these policies has been adopted to the exclusion of the other.

The captured wife was also a trophy, and the play of this fact on vanity would always tend to disintegrate the system of endogamy.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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