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intermarriage

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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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Marriage between people belonging to different groups, such as different racial, ethnic, or religious groups; mixed marriage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • During the 1960s, some Georgians opposed the intermarriage of blacks and whites.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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: endogamy, inmarriage

Antonyms: none provided

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exogamy

Antonyms: none provided

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

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English marriage English intermarriage From inter- + marriage.