endogamy

endogamy

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ -gamy; compare inmarriage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdɒɡəmi/

Noun

endogamy (usually uncountable, plural endogamies)

1. The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
   • 1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage 2007, p. 24:

     Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders.

2. (biology) the fusion of two related gametes.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:intermarriage

Antonyms

• exogamy
• See also Thesaurus:intermarriage

Related terms

• endogamous

Translations

the practice of marrying within one's own social group

Czech: endogamie f Danish: endogami c, indgifte n Dutch: endogamie f Estonian: endogaamia Finnish: endogamia (fi) French: endogamie (fr) f German: Endogamie (de) f, Binnenheirat f, Kastenheirat f Greek: ενδογαμία (el) f (endogamía) Hungarian: endogámia Icelandic: innvensl n pl Italian: endogamia (it) f Japanese: 近親婚 (きんしんこん, kinshinkon)

Korean: 근친혼 (近親婚, geunchinhon) Persian: درون‌همسری‎ Polish: endogamia (pl) f Portuguese: endogamia f Russian: эндогамия (ru) f (endogamija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ендога̀мија f Roman: endogàmija f Spanish: endogamia (es) f Swedish: endogami (sv) c, ingifte n Ukrainian: ендогамія (endogamija)