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exogamy [ek-sog-uh-mee] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun marriage outside a specific tribe or similar social unit.Compare endogamy. Biology. the union of gametes of unrelated parents. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of exogamy First recorded in 1860–65; exo- + -gamy Related formsex·og·a·mous [ek-sog-uh-muh s] /ɛkˈsɒg ə məs/, ex·o·gam·ic [ek-suh-gam-ik] /ˌɛk səˈgæm ɪk/, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exogamy Historical Examples of exogamy
See the authorities cited by Frazer in Totemism and Exogamy.
Introduction to the History of Religions
Crawford Howell Toy
Even in such cases we find transitions to the next form of exogamy.
Wilhelm Wundt
When capture disappeared, the exogamy to which it gave rise remained.
Wilhelm Wundt
This represents the exogamy which is associated with the totem.
Sigmund Freud
Andrew Lang declared himself in agreement with this explanation of exogamy.
Sigmund Freud
British Dictionary definitions for exogamy exogamy noun sociol anthropol the custom or an act of marrying a person belonging to another tribe, clan, or similar social unitCompare endogamy biology fusion of gametes from parents that are not closely related Derived Formsexogamous (ɛkˈsɒɡəməs) or exogamic (ˌɛksəʊˈɡæmɪk), adjective Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for exogamy n.
1865, Modern Latin, literally “outside marriage,” from exo- + -gamy. Related: Exogamous.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper exogamy in Medicine exogamy [ĕk-sŏg′ə-mē] n. Sexual reproduction by means of conjugation of two gametes of different ancestry, as in certain protozoan species. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
