exogamy

Noun

Meaning

The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intermarriage union matrimony wedlock apogamy heterogamy intermarried intermarrying interracial marriages outbreeding mixed marriages outmarriages extramarriages

Antonyms

endogamy intermarriage inmarriage homogamy inmarriages intramarriages

Hypernyms

union marriage matrimony wedlock spousal relationship

Related terms

exogamous

Examples

There are other marriages in which the man is older than the woman. citation The incest taboo, exogamy and endogamy further Societies have often placed restrictions on marriage to relatives, though the degree of prohibited relationship varies widely. Source: Internet

Marvin Harris 1997 Culture, People and Nature: An Introduction to General Anthropology 7th edition Longman pp. 317–318 Class, caste, ethnic, and racial endogamy typically coexists with family exogamy and prohibitions against incest. Source: Internet

Marriage within the gotra ("swagotra" marriages) are banned under the rule of exogamy in the traditional matrimonial system. Source: Internet

Through exogamy, otherwise unrelated households or lineages will form relationships through marriage, thus strengthening social solidarity. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

exogamist exogamous exogamously exogastric exogastrically exogastrulate