Meanings
nounoutmarriage (countable and uncountable, plural outmarriages)
plural outmarriages
- countableuncountableMarrying outside one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group.
While most of the outmarriages in the Korean community involving whites were between Korean females and Caucasian males, the gender roles were occasionally reversed.
2000, Wayne Patterson, The Ilse: First-generation Korean Immigrants in Hawaiʻi, 1903-1973
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
From out- + marriage; compare exogamy.
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outmarriage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmarriage
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“outmarriage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmarriage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outmarriage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmarriage.
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