Meanings
- uncountablebiologyFertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant.
- uncountablebiologyThe quality of being homogamous.
- uncountablehuman sciencesMarriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex.
1 more example
Surgeons no longer pursue nurses as they did when the former were most likely men and the latter women; now they go for anaesthetists or other surgeons. In one sense homogamy is desirable, because it means women are less dependent on status-asymmetric marriages; in another, it’s dismal because it constitutes a form of social closure […]
2018 December 21, Stuart Jeffries, “Germany’s Hidden Crisis by Oliver Nachtwey review – social decline in the heart of Europe”, in The GuardianSynonyms: exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage · Antonyms: heterogamy, exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMarriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Hellenic*homós
- Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
- Englishhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵem-
- Ancient Greekγᾰ́μος (gắmos)
- Englishhomogamy
Cite this entry
homogamy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homogamy
“homogamy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homogamy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homogamy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homogamy.
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