exogamy
- noun
- /ɛɡˈɒɡəmi/
- Specialized
:
exogamia
- She chose exogamy over endogamy, believing that marrying someone from a different background would enrich their family.
- exogamy and clan
- exogamy rule
- village exogamy
Examples
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But according to Mr. Yu and other Korean informants in Japan, who frequently visit their repatriated families in North Korea, among repatriates, clan exogamy is strictly observed.
Academic text (2004) -
Dobyns and Euler suggested that regional bands controlled specific territories and may have practiced exogamy, then conceded both points as problematic.
Academic text (1998) -
Likewise, they admitted that exogamy rules did not follow regional band parameters.
Academic text (1998) -
Without territorial control and exogamy, the argument for regional bands as significant social and political units hinges on questions of cooperation and leadership.
Academic text (1998) -
Such an arrangement would have led to the "matrilineal puzzle," the problem of combining exogamy and local descent continuity.
Academic text (1998) -
Villages contain members of different clans (essentially for exogamy).
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Pospisil (1958) described a Kapauku leader who changed the exogamy rule for his clan and was able to marry a woman of his choice.
Academic text (1990) -
Traditionally, Igbo people observed specific rules of lineage or village exogamy, but married from among nearby neighboring communities with whom they had longstanding ties.
Academic text (2001) -
Land-use patterns centered on local bands, and the Pai practiced kin (not group) exogamy.
Academic text (1998) -
Traditionally, they practiced longhouse exogamy with an initial patrilocal residence, shifting to neolocal residence within the developmental cycle of each household.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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Marriage between people from different groups like tribes or races
Encouraging mating between animals or plants that are not closely related to make their genes more different
Antonyms
How Restrictive
Surface Forms
Morphology
exogamy = exo + gamy
The word is a straightforward formation from the prefix 'exo-' (outside) plus the combining form '-gamy' (marriage); learners familiar with forms like 'monogamy' or 'polygamy' can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Exogamy comes from the Greek parts exo- ('outside') and -gamy from gamos ('marriage'), and the -gamy part is the same one in monogamy and polygamy. So, exogamy means the custom of marrying someone from outside your own group, clan, or tribe.