intermarriage
Americannoun
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marriage between people of different religions, tribes, castes, ethnicities, or racial groups, as between a white person and a Black person or between a Christian and a Muslim.
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marriage between people of different social classes.
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marriage within a specific social or cultural group, as required by custom or law; endogamy.
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marriage between people belonging to the same small group, especially if they are close blood relatives.
Etymology
Origin of intermarriage
Example Sentences
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The answer starts with Jesus, but much of the credit belongs to St. Paul, who dispensed with Jewish dietary law, circumcision requirements and prohibitions against intermarriage, thus broadening the appeal of early Christianity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Centuries of intermarriage, meanwhile, has resulted in millions of people with a small percentage of Native American ancestry.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
But I have spoken to more than I can count who were treated as though they did not, in fact, belong because they were the product of intermarriage, or because they themselves were intermarried.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2024
Robbins said her wife graduated from TCU, “so it already generates some intermarriage household rivalry.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
They blamed the flaw on intermarriage with the family, however, not on the original genes of the decaying lord.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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