endogamous
- adjective
- /ˌɛnˈdɒɡəməs/
- Specialized
:
endogámico
- In many traditional societies, marrying within one's clan is considered an endogamous custom.
- endogamous marriage
- endogamous groups
- endogamous practice
Examples
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Analysis of the marriage register discloses the proportion of endogamous and exogamous marriages in the parish.
Academic text (1993) -
A possible explanation is that Çatalhöyük was an endogamous culture, or in other words, people married within the settlement.
Academic text (2006) -
The cultural group was almost endogamous in Fiji.
Academic text (1994) -
Moreover, regardless of its roots, a nation must remain an essentially endogamous group in order to maintain its myth.
Academic text (1997) -
Residence also plays a significant role in determining the extent to which marriages are endogamous.
Academic text (1994) -
The importance of caste for endogamous preference is reported from other Indian overseas communities.
Academic text (1994) -
Elders still try, however, to arrange endogamous close-cousin marriages in order to keep wealth in the family.
Academic text (2000) -
Although most Igbo communities are patrilineal and marriage is always lineage exogamous, in a wider sense, Igbo society is highly endogamous.
Academic text (2010) -
Relocation accelerated the shift from endogamous to exogamous marriages and radically altered descent and inheritance practices to women's disadvantage.
Academic text (1999) -
The study highlighted how some communities remain endogamous to preserve their cultural identity.
Synonyms
Marrying only people from the same social group
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Endogamous comes from Greek parts endo- 'within' and -gamous from gamos 'marriage', so it means 'marrying within' a group. That's why an endogamous community keeps marriages inside the same clan or tribe.