EXOGAMY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

exogamy; intermarriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("exogamy" is a kind of...):

marriage; matrimony; spousal relationship; union; wedlock (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce))

Antonym:

endogamy (marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law)

Derivation:

exogamic; exogamous (pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe)