endogamy

noun
/ɛnˈdɒɡəmi/UK

Etymology

From endo- + -gamy; compare inmarriage.

Definitions

  1. The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or…

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

    • In the Suppliant Maidens the heroines seem to protest against endogamy, which prohibits marriage except between persons of the same blood or stock.
    • Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders.
  2. The fusion of two related gametes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for endogamy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA