exogamy
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exogamy
- /ɛkˈsɒ.ɡə.mi/ UK
- /ɛkˈsɑ.ɡə.mi/ US
Rhymes with -ɒɡəmi
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From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. Compare outmarriage.
noun exogamies
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Marriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law.
The daughters of Danaüs thus apparently stand for mother-right, which usually occurs in conjunction with exogamy, marriage outside the family or clan.
Similar: exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage · Opposite: endogamy, exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage
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The fusion of two unrelated gametes.
Opposite: endogamy
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noun marriage
| Español | exogamia |
|---|---|
| Português | exogamia |
| Français | exogamie |
| Deutsch | Exogamie, Außenheirat |
| Italiano | esogamia |
| Ελληνικά | εξωγαμία exogamía |
| Română | exogamie |
| Русский | экзога́мия ekzogámija, внебра́чие vnebráčije |
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