homogamy

Noun

homogamy (uncountable)

1. Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant.
2. The quality of being homogamous.
3. Breeding between similar individuals.

   Synonyms:

   inbreeding

   Antonyms:

   heterogamy

4. Marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex.
   • Surgeons no longer pursue nurses as they did when the former were most likely men and the latter women; now they go for anaesthetists or other surgeons. In one sense homogamy is desirable, because it means women are less dependent on status-asymmetric marriages; in another, it’s dismal because it...2018 December 21, Stuart Jeffries, “Germany’s Hidden Crisis by Oliver Nachtwey review – social decline in the heart of Europe”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms:

   exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage

   Antonyms:

   heterogamy, exogamy, extramarriage, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage