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exogamy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | intermarriage |
| Type of | marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
| Derivation | exogamic, exogamous |
Examples of exogamy
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The Uttar Pradesh Meo maintain a system of community endogamy, and gotra exogamy.
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The Meo have maintained gotra exogamy, very rarely marrying into their own got.
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Lorenz's interpretation does not include asymmetrical descent or noble exogamy.
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They assimilated foreigners as commoners and made a new requirement of noble exogamy.
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Exogamy is the norm and marriage between close relatives is forbidden.
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The requirement of exogamy may have applied to Suns only, rather than the entire nobility.
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Noble exogamy was practiced, meaning that members of the noble classes could marry only commoners.
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Some of these, such as those on exogamy or on insulting or offending men of religion, are widely respected.
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Exogamy is important in the organization of political power.
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- Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
- (exogamous) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related
- (exogamous) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe
- Exogamy has two related definitions, both biological and cultural. Biological exogamy is the mating of non related beings. Cultural exogamy is the marrying outside of a specific group.
- The custom of seeking a mate or marriage partner outside of ones own kinship group or class, religion, ethnic group or area of residence. See: ENDOGAMY / .
- Choosing mates and marriage partners from outside the local population.
- The restriction of choice of spouses to people outside of one's own group.
- The prohibition of marriage within the tribe.
- The practice of marrying outside the group, is found in societies in which kinship relations are the most complex, thus barring from marriage large groups who may trace their lineage to a common ancestor.
