Definitions for endogamy

endogamy en·dog·a·my

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

Endogamy is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 323 anagrams from letters in endogamy (adegmnoy).

Definitions for endogamy

noun

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

Origin of endogamy

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

Examples for endogamy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for endogamy
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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