Definitions for endogamies

endogamies en·dog·a·my

Spelling: [en-dog-uh-mee]
IPA: /ɛnˈdɒg ə mi/

Endogamies is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 886 anagrams from letters in endogamies (adeegimnos).

Definitions for endogamies

noun

  1. marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit. Compare exogamy (def 1).

Origin of endogamies

First recorded in 1860-65; endo- + -gamy

Examples for endogamies

What is the relation of endogamy and exogamy (a) to isolation, and (b) to the establishment of a successful stock or race?

The names show that as usual with the tribes of this part of the country the law of endogamy is by no means strict.

There is in this case exogamy in relation to the clan and endogamy in relation to the tribe.

endogamy, en-dog′am-i, n. the custom forbidding a man to marry any woman who is not of his kindred.

Sometimes an endogamy of religious origin is met with, among the Jews for example.

In people living in small communities, endogamy does not appear to have ever existed.

It simply means marrying-out, in contrast to endogamy, or marrying-in.

Limited exogamy with direct maternal or paternal descent, accordingly, means a reapproach to endogamy.

Natural selection has determined that exogamy produces fitter progeny than endogamy.

They formerly had endogamy, and it is stated that brothers and sisters married.

Word Value for endogamies
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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