exogamy

English

Etymology

From exo- +‎ -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25.[1]

Noun

exogamy (countable and uncountable, plural exogamies)

  1. marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intermarriage
    Antonyms: endogamy; see also Thesaurus:intermarriage
  2. (biology) the fusion of two unrelated gametes
    Antonym: endogamy

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References
  1. J. D. Unwin (1934) Sex and Culture‎, →ISBN, endnote 18
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