outmarriage

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outmarriage

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From out- + marriage; compare exogamy.

noun outmarriages

countable, uncountable Marrying outside one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group. While most of the outmarriages in the Korean community involving whites were between Korean females and Caucasian males, the gender roles were occasionally reversed.

Opposite: inmarriage

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"outmarriage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/outmarriage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"outmarriage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/outmarriage.

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@misc{outmarriage_2026,
  title = {outmarriage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outmarriage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}