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exogamic

exogamic

9.9
Requiring people to marry only outside their own group
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛksoʊˈɡæmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : exogámico
  • Exogamic practices are common among indigenous tribes, as they favor alliances with other groups for stronger social ties.

Examples

  • In this village, the traditions are exogamic, encouraging members to marry outside their clan to promote diversity.

  • It is a named, corporate, and exogamic descent group, composed of uterine kinsmen who descend from a common ancestress who lived four or five generations before the current adult generation.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The anthropologist studied the impacts of exogamic marriages on the community's cultural exchange and genetic diversity.

Synonyms

exogamous
vsexogamic
  • Specialized
9.9

To marry or breed with members outside one's own group

is the same meaning but appears as an alternative adjective form

Surface Forms

exogamic positive

Morphology

exogamic = exogamy (transparent) = exo + gamy + ic

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ic' to 'exogamy', so the relation is straightforward for learners who know 'exogamy'.

Etymology

Exogamic comes from Greek exo- 'outside' and -gamic from gamos 'marriage'. So an exogamic custom means marrying someone from outside your own clan or group, which helps make wider social links and avoids marrying close relatives.