noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

intermarriageendogamyextramarriageheterogamyhomogamymixed marriage

Antonyms

All antonyms

endogamyextramarriageheterogamyhomogamy

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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