Endogamous

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Marrying, or pertaining to the custom of marrying, within the tribe or group; pertaining to, practising, or characterized by endogamy: opposed to exogamous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
  • adjective. pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe
  • Word Usage
    "To be precise, actual conspiracies tend to be found only among family members or, what amounts to the same thing, closely knit, endogamous ethnic groups."
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    exogamous  
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