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extramarriage

extramarriage noun: marriage outside one’s own social group; exogamy.

Noun

extramarriage (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Marriage outside one’s own social group; exogamy.

Adjective

extramarriage (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Outside of marriage, extramarital.
    • What does all this imply for sex in marriage, for premarriage or extramarriage sexual relationships, for sex for the unmarried, and other related matters?1957, Seward Hiltner, Sex and the Christian Life: In which Seward Hiltner Draws from His Sex Ethics and the Kinsey Reports,, page 12

Origin of extramarriage

From extra- + marriage.

Questions about extramarriage

What does extramarriage mean?
Extramarriage means marriage outside one’s own social group; exogamy.
What part of speech is extramarriage?
Extramarriage can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near extramarriage in the dictionary

  1. extramammary Paget disease
  2. extramammary Paget's disease
  3. extramarginal
  4. extramarital
  5. extramaritally
  6. extramarriage
  7. extramasticatory
  8. extramatrical
  9. extramatrimonial
  10. extramatrimonially
  11. extramatrix

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