Exogamy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.
You can make 99 anagrams from letters in exogamy (aegmoxy).
First recorded in 1860-65; exo- + -gamy
Had there never been any totem names, exogamy might never have arisen.
The sons would have to bring in mates from without—the result is exogamy.
But such colonies of a "clan" with exogamy and female descent are impossible.
Next, how, among the magical societies, was exogamy introduced?
Even in such cases we find transitions to the next form of exogamy.
Andrew Lang declared himself in agreement with this explanation of exogamy.
This represents the exogamy which is associated with the totem.
exogamy has this effect, but it was not devised purposely to produce this effect.
See the authorities cited by Frazer in Totemism and exogamy.
When capture disappeared, the exogamy to which it gave rise remained.
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