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Definition of Endogamy

1. Noun. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.

Definition of Endogamy

1. 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.

Definition of Endogamy

1. Noun. The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endogamy

1. marriage within a particular group [n -MIES]

Medical Definition of Endogamy

1. Sexual reproduction between organisms which are closely related to each other. Production of a zygote (an egg that has been fertilized by a sperm) by a simultaneous hermaphrodite (an organism which produces both sperm and eggs) using only its own gametes (eggs and sperm) without gamete contributions from other individuals. Marriage between members of the same restricted group, class, or caste. Compare: exogamy. (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endogamy

Literary usage of Endogamy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Primitive Family in Its Origin and Development by Carl Nicolai Starcke (1889)
"EXOGAMY AND endogamy. Conception of exogamy and endogamy—Their relation to incest—Modern ideas of incest—Immorality and incest—Various explanations of ..."

2. The Science of Ethics by Michael Cronin (1917)
"endogamy and Exogamy. endogamy is the custom of forbidding marriages outside ... Amongst some savage races endogamy is practised, amongst others exogamy. ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The opposite of exogamy is endogamy, or the prohibition of marriage outside of the tribe. The relation in evolution of one to the other is not very clearly ..."

4. The Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and Ethnography by Joseph Deniker (1900)
"... and family—Theory of promiscuity—Group marriage— Exogamy and endogamy—Matriarchate—Degrees of relationship and filiation — Polyandry ..."

5. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1916)
"In his ingenious and interesting work on Primitive Marriage,* the words " Exogamy " and " endogamy " are used by Mr. M'Lennan to distinguish the two ..."

6. An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy by Herbert Spencer, Frederick Howard Collins (1889)
"EXOGAMY AND endogamy. 284. Before considering the several kinds of sexual relations, a previous question must be considered—Whence come the united persons ? ..."

7. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1901)
"EXOGAMY AND endogamy. ... In his ingenious and interesting work on Primitive Marriage,* the words " Exogamy " and " endogamy " are used by Mr. M'Lennan to ..."

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