endogamy
Americannoun
noun
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anthropol marriage within one's own tribe or similar unit Compare exogamy
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pollination between two flowers on the same plant
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Its vast, diverse population includes thousands of communities shaped by centuries of endogamy, or marriage within groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
In 1987, the magazine broke new ground by publishing interfaith matrimonial ads - a bold move in a community known for strict endogamy.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025
We were undateable, and the level of endogamy amongst us was startling.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 6, 2020
But those assigned to Kyrgyzstan’s northern province of Karakol established their own village—Yrdyk—choosing a life isolation and endogamy instead.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2017
It is the small clans, formed of thirty or fifty individuals of a few families living together, which have the most severe laws against incest or endogamy.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
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