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Endogamy vs Heterogamy - What's the difference?

endogamy | heterogamy |

As nouns the difference between endogamy and heterogamy

is that endogamy is the practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group while heterogamy is (label) the state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function.

endogamy

English

(wikipedia endogamy)

Noun

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  • The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group.
  • *1995 , Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing , Vintage 2007, p. 24:
  • *:Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders.

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    Antonyms

    * exogamy * See also

    Related terms

    * endogamous

    heterogamy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (label) The state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function
  • (label) Marriage]] or similar union between people of different sexes, or social [[stratum, strata, such as races.

    • Synonyms

    * (marriage) See also

    Antonyms

    * homogamy * (marriage) See also

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