HyperDic: exogamy

English > 1 sense of the word exogamy:
NOUNstateexogamy, intermarriagemarriage to a person belonging to a tribe / tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
English > exogamy: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningmarriage to a person belonging to a tribe / tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law.
Synonymintermarriage
Broadermarriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlockThe state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce)
Oppositeendogamy, intermarriage, inmarriagemarriage within one's own tribe / tribe or group as required by custom or law
Spanishexogamia
Catalanexogàmia
Adjectivesexogamous, exogamicpertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe

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