Endogamy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Anthropology Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law.
  • n. Botany Fertilization resulting from pollination among flowers of the same plant.
  • n. Biology Reproduction by the fusion of gametes of similar ancestry.
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  • n. The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Marriage within the tribe: a custom among some savage peoples: opposed to exogamy.
  • n. In botany, the fusion or coalescence of two or more female gametes.
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  • n. marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
    • Antonym
    exogamy   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spousal relationship    union    matrimony    marriage    wedlock   
    Cross Reference
    homogamy   
     
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