endogamy
marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit.: Compare exogamy (def. 1).
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Origin of endogamy
1Other words from endogamy
- en·dog·a·mous [en-dog-uh-muhs], /ɛnˈdɒg ə məs/, en·do·gam·ic [en-doh-gam-ik], /ˌɛn doʊˈgæm ɪk/, adjective
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How to use endogamy in a sentence
Limited exogamy with direct maternal or paternal descent, accordingly, means a reapproach to endogamy.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtNatural selection has determined that exogamy produces fitter progeny than endogamy.
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack LondonThere is no antithesis between endogamy and exogamy; no exogamous "tribes" have been found up to the present time.
The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State | Frederick Engelsendogamy and exogamy are forms of the mores in which one of these policies has been adopted to the exclusion of the other.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerThe captured wife was also a trophy, and the play of this fact on vanity would always tend to disintegrate the system of endogamy.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
British Dictionary definitions for endogamy
/ (ɛnˈdɒɡəmɪ) /
anthropol marriage within one's own tribe or similar unit: Compare exogamy (def. 1)
pollination between two flowers on the same plant
Derived forms of endogamy
- endogamous or endogamic (ˌɛndəʊˈɡæmɪk), adjective
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