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Intermarry vs Endogamy - What's the difference?

intermarry | endogamy |

As a verb intermarry

is to marry a member of another group, social stratum, or religion.

As a noun endogamy is

the practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group.

intermarry

English

Verb

  • To marry a member of another group, social stratum, or religion.
  • *
  • To marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group.

    • Related terms

    * intermarriage

    See also

    * intermarried * intermate English contranyms

    endogamy

    English

    (wikipedia endogamy)

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * exogamy * See also

    Related terms

    * endogamous