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noun
Marriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage
Antonyms: endogamy, exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage
noun
The fusion of two unrelated gametes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: endogamy
noun
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: intermarriage
Antonyms: endogamy
Broader terms: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
History
From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. Compare outmarriage.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
