homogamy

American  

[hoh-mog-uh-mee] / hoʊˈmɒg ə mi /

noun

1. the state of being homogamous.

2. interbreeding of individuals with like characteristics.

---

homogamy British  

/ hɒˈmɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. a condition in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite Compare heterogamy

2. the maturation of the anthers and stigmas of a flower at the same time, ensuring self-pollination Compare dichogamy

---

Other Word Forms

• homogamous adjective

Etymology

Origin of homogamy

First recorded in 1870–75; homo- + -gamy

Example Sentences

We wanna go down to the llano to see if they practice homogamy, but dunno how to get there.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

Williams had never heard of educational homogamy when I asked her about it, and she wasn't sure that was the whole story.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2010

What we have playing out here in all its gory glory is educational homogamy.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2010

Even in this racial field, it is unnecessary to remark, the homogamy attained is not, and could not be, absolute; nor would it appear that such absolute racial homogamy is even desired.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock

These phenomena are of further importance as showing how in plants, at all events, physiological selection appears to be frequently capable of differentiating specific types without the necessary assistance of any other form of homogamy.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John