Etymology

exogamy

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Today it means: Marriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law. Full definition →

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From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. Compare outmarriage.

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