endogamy
Meaning
- (uncountable, usually) The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
- (uncountable, usually) The fusion of two related gametes.
Opposite of
exogamy, endogamy, homogamy, inmarriage, intramarriage
Synonyms
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛnˈdɒɡəmi/
Etymology
From endo- + -gamy; compare inmarriage.
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