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endogamy

noun

en·​dog·​a·​my en-ˈdä-gə-mē How to pronounce endogamy (audio)
: marriage within a specific group as required by custom or law
endogamous adjective

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Marriage within a specific group as required by custom or law is known as endogamy. In endogamous groups, marriage outside one’s group may be forbidden, or there may merely be a tendency to marry within the group. Endogamy is characteristic of aristocracies and religious and ethnic minorities in industrialized societies but also of the caste system in India and of class-conscious non-literate societies such as the Masai of eastern Africa.

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of endogamy was in 1865
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