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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
Synonyms:
exogamy; intermarriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("exogamy" is a kind of...):
marriage; matrimony; spousal relationship; union; wedlock (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce))
Antonym:
endogamy (marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law)
Derivation:
exogamic; exogamous (pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe)
