exogamy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law
the fusion of two unrelated gametes

/ɛksˈɑ.ɡə.mi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exogamy.wav

exogamy exogamies

From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25.

exogamy extramarriage heterogamy intermarriage mixed marriage outmarriage

endogamy exogamy extramarriage heterogamy intermarriage mixed marriage outmarriage

exogamous intermarriage

exogamic

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