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

Nearby words

interlope, interloper, interlude, interlunar, interlunation, intermarriage, intermarry, intermaxillary bone, intermaxillary suture, intermeddle, intermedia

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