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endogamy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ɛnˈdɒ.ɡə.mi/
  • US: /ɛnˈdɑ.ɡə.mi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒɡəmi

1

noun

Meaning 1

The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage

Antonyms: exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fusion of two related gametes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: exogamy

3

noun

Meaning 3

marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intermarriage, inmarriage

Antonyms: exogamy

Broader terms: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock

History

Etymology

From endo- + -gamy; compare inmarriage.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: endogàmia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Czech: endogamie — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Danish: endogami — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Danish: indgifte — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Dutch: endogamie — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Estonian: endogaamia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Finnish: endogamia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • French: endogamie — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • German: Endogamie — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • German: Binnenheirat — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • German: Kastenheirat — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Greek: ενδογαμία (endogamía) — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Hungarian: endogámia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Icelandic: innvensl — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Italian: endogamia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Japanese: 近親婚 (kinshinkon) — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Korean: 근친혼 (geunchinhon) — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Persian: درونهمسری — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Polish: endogamia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Portuguese: endogamia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Russian: эндогамия (endogamija) — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Serbo-Croatian: ендога̀мија — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Serbo-Croatian: endogàmija — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Spanish: endogamia — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Swedish: endogami — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Swedish: ingifte — the practice of marrying within one's own social group
  • Ukrainian: ендогамія (endohamija) — the practice of marrying within one's own social group