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endogamous

[ en-dog-uh-muhs ]
/ ɛnˈdɒg ə məs /
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adjective
of or relating to the practice of allowing marriage only within a specific tribe, caste, ethnic or religious group, or other social unit:The Bosnian War restricted social relations between different ethnic groups, intensifying endogamous practices in some villages.
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Sometimes en·do·gam·ic [en-doh-gam-ik] /ˌɛn doʊˈgæm ɪk/ .

Origin of endogamous

First recorded in 1860–65; endo- + -gamous; coined in by Scottish anthropologist and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan (1827–1881)

Words nearby endogamous

end-of-file, end of one's rope, end of one's rope, at the, end of steel, end of the line, endogamous, endogamy, endogen, endogenetic, endogenous, endogenous depression
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