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Exogamy

//ɛksˈɑ.ɡə.mi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law wordnet
  3. 3
    the fusion of two unrelated gametes countable, uncountable

Etymology

From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25.

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