intermarriage

[ in-ter-mar-ij, in-ter-mar-ij ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈmær ɪdʒ, ˈɪn tərˌmær ɪdʒ /

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noun

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.

marriage between people of different social classes.

marriage within a specific social or cultural group, as required by custom or law; endogamy.

marriage between people belonging to the same small group, especially if they are close blood relatives.

RELATED WORDS

miscegenation

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Origin of intermarriage

First recorded in 1570–80; inter- + marriage

Examples from the Web for intermarriage

The impact of intermarriage on Jewish engagement is generally negative but especially negative upon attachment to Israel.
Lost That Loving Feeling?|Steven M. Cohen|October 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Intermarriage excludes tens of thousands of children from the Jewish people every year.
Why Israel’s Religious Leaders Oppose Reform Judaism|Andrew Apostolou|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The one great phase of the race question agitating the country to-day is that of intermarriage and miscegenation.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence|Various
Descent, inheritance and the prohibition of intermarriage in the gens, are the same as among the Minnitarees.
Ancient Society|Lewis Henry Morgan

It is here that we find ground for opposition to intermarriage between Japanese and Americans at present.
Japan and the California Problem|Toyokichi Iyenaga
Private rights were jus connubii (right of intermarriage); and jus commercii (right of trading and holding property).
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD|Robert F. Pennell
Broadly speaking, Gavaras and Kalingas do not intermarry, and the objection to intermarriage is due to several causes.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

Word Origin and History for intermarriage

intermarriage

1570s, from inter- + marriage.