endogamy
/ɛnˈdɒ.ɡə.mi/US/ɛnˈdɑ.ɡə.mi/
endogamy noun: the practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
Noun
endogamy (usually uncountable, plural endogamies)
- The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
- In the Suppliant Maidens the heroines seem to protest against endogamy, which prohibits marriage except between persons of the same blood or stock.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. Orestea. III: Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 226
- Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders.1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 24
- Synonyms:
- exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage
- Antonyms:
- exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage
- The fusion of two related gametes.
- Antonyms:
- exogamy
endogamy meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Persian
endogamy in Tamil
- புறமணத்தடை முறை
endogamy in Bengali
- অন্তর্বিবাহ, নিজের নির্দিষ্ট সামাজিক গোষ্ঠী
endogamy in Kannada
- ಸಗೋತ್ರವಿವಾಹ, ಅಂತರ್ವಿವಾಹ, ಒಳಮದುವೆ, ಒಳನಂಟು, ಸ್ವಪರಾಗಸ್ಪರ್ಶ, ಒಳಕಸಿ
endogamy in Persian
- the practice of marrying within one's own social group
- درونهمسری
Synonyms of endogamy
Antonyms
Forms of endogamy
| plural | endogamies |
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Origin of endogamy
From endo- + -gamy; compare inmarriage.
Words formed from endogamy
Words that rhyme with endogamy
Questions about endogamy
- What does endogamy mean?
- Endogamy means the practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
- What is endogamy in Tamil?
- Endogamy in Tamil is புறமணத்தடை முறை. See Endogamy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is endogamy?
- Endogamy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce endogamy?
- Endogamy is pronounced /ɛnˈdɒ.ɡə.mi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of endogamy?
- The plural of endogamy is endogamies.
Words near endogamy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: endogamy (page history and authors); endogamy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endogamy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endogamy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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