exogamy

English

Etymology

From exo- +‎ -gamy

Noun

exogamy (countable and uncountable, plural exogamies)

marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law
(biology) the fusion of two unrelated gametes

Synonyms

(marriage): See also Thesaurus:intermarriage

Antonyms

(marriage): endogamy; see also Thesaurus:intermarriage

Related terms

exogamous

Translations

marriage

Armenian: էկզոգամիա (hy) (ēkzogamia), տարամուսնություն (hy) (taramusnutʿyun)
Bulgarian: екзогамия (bg) f (ekzogamija)
Czech: exogamie
Finnish: eksogamia (fi)
Greek: εξωγαμία (el) f (exogamía)

Persian: برون‌همسری‎‎
Polish: egzogamia f
Romanian: exogamie (ro) f
Russian: экзога́мия (ru) f (ekzogámija)

See also

intermarriage

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