Endogamy

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /É›nˈdÉ’É¡É™mi/

Origin

- + gamy + -

Full definition of endogamy

Noun

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.

Antonyms

• exogamy

Related terms

• endogamous