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intra-marriage

intra-marriage is the alternative form of intramarriage.

Meaning of intramarriage

Noun

intramarriage (countable and uncountable, plural intramarriages)

  1. Marriage between people belonging to the same group, such as a racial, ethnic, or religious group.
    • This study examines the attitudes of young Muslim Iranians and young Jewish Iranians regarding intramarriage and intermarriage1998 November 1, Shideh Hanassab, Romeria Tidwell1, “Intramarriage and intermarriage: young Iranians in Los Angeles”, in International Journal of Intercultural...
    Synonyms:
    endogamy

Adjective

intra-marriage (not comparable)

  1. Within a marriage; between spouses.
    • […] between work and household production along gender lines and a system of household finances that includes intra-marriage transfers from men to women2015, JM Zissimopoulos, BR Karney, AJ Rauer, “Marriage and economic well being at older ages”, in Review of Economics of the Household
    • he does not consider the possibility that intra-marriage transfers are a compensation based on the hours that a spouse spends in household production2016, S Grossbard-Shechtman, “A model of labour supply, household production and marriage”, in Advances in household economics, Consumer Behaviour and Economic Policy

Questions about intra-marriage

What does intra-marriage mean?
Intra-marriage means within a marriage; between spouses.
What is intra-marriage the alternative form of?
Intra-marriage is the alternative form of intramarriage.
What part of speech is intra-marriage?
Intra-marriage is an adjective.

Words near intra-marriage in the dictionary

  1. intra-atrial conduction time
  2. intra-atrial conduction times
  3. intra-aural
  4. intra-fallopian
  5. intra-lysosomal
  6. intra-marriage
  7. intra-Muslim
  8. intra-NATO
  9. intra-oblast
  10. intra-octaval
  11. intra-ocular

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intra-marriage (page history and authors); intramarriage (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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