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exogamy

exo·gamy

UK/ɛkˈsɒ.ɡə.mi/ US/ɛkˈsɑ.ɡə.mi/ uncommon

noun

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marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law

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Origin

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

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