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endogamy

[ en-dog-uh-mee ]

noun

  1. marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit. Compare exogamy ( def 1 ).


endogamy

/ ˌɛndəʊˈɡæmɪk; ɛnˈdɒɡəmɪ /

noun

  1. anthropol marriage within one's own tribe or similar unit Compare exogamy
  2. pollination between two flowers on the same plant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • enˈdogamous, adjective
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Other Words From

  • en·dog·a·mous [en-, dog, -, uh, -m, uh, s], en·do·gam·ic [en-doh-, gam, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endogamy1

First recorded in 1860–65; endo- + -gamy
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Compare Meanings

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Example Sentences

Limited exogamy with direct maternal or paternal descent, accordingly, means a reapproach to endogamy.

Natural selection has determined that exogamy produces fitter progeny than endogamy.

There is no antithesis between endogamy and exogamy; no exogamous "tribes" have been found up to the present time.

Endogamy and exogamy are forms of the mores in which one of these policies has been adopted to the exclusion of the other.

The captured wife was also a trophy, and the play of this fact on vanity would always tend to disintegrate the system of endogamy.

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