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单词 endogamy
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Definition of endogamy in English:

endogamy

noun ɛnˈdɒɡəmiɛnˈdɑɡəmi
mass noun
  • 1Anthropology
    The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.

    〔人类学〕同族结婚。比较EXOGAMY

    Compare with exogamy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tribe often encourage endogamy out of the belief that it will help keep the tribal identity from being lost.
    • Social status was ascribed and sustained by class endogamy.
    • Though marriage outside the ethnic group was tolerated, these people practiced a high rate of endogamy, which strengthened family and community bonds.
    • In recent years, community and regional endogamy have declined.
    • While not all Arab Americans practice cousin endogamy or engage in arranged marriages, most demonstrate a strong preference for religious endogamy in the selection of marriage partners.
  • 2Biology
    The fusion of reproductive cells from related individuals; inbreeding; self-pollination.

    〔生〕同系配合;同系交配

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In alfalfa and maize, seed production was shown to be severely depressed by endogamy.
    • This, in plant species, can buffer against genetic erosion resulting from processes of endogamy and genetic drift.

Derivatives

  • endogamous

  • adjective ɛnˈdɒɡəməsɛnˈdɑɡəməs
    • In 1968, 25 percent of urban marriages, 31 percent of rural marriages, and 51 percent of tribal marriages were reported as endogamous.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These are cultural differences and they cause biological differences because cultural groups are endogamous.
      • As of 1991, 77 percent of married Brazilians were in racially endogamous unions, showing a clear preference for marriage partners of their own color.
      • Marriages in the community remained endogamous as long as suitable marriage partners existed, but after the second generation, partners were often found in the predominantly Dutch communities in the surrounding countryside.
      • Arranged endogamous marriage within the kinship units was the preferred pattern in that period, but this pattern has changed somewhat.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from endo- 'within' + Greek gamos 'marriage', on the pattern of polygamy.

Rhymes

exogamy, heterogamy, homogamy, misogamy, monogamy

Definition of endogamy in US English:

endogamy

nounenˈdäɡəmēɛnˈdɑɡəmi
Anthropology
  • 1The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.

    〔人类学〕同族结婚。比较EXOGAMY

    Compare with exogamy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Though marriage outside the ethnic group was tolerated, these people practiced a high rate of endogamy, which strengthened family and community bonds.
    • Social status was ascribed and sustained by class endogamy.
    • In recent years, community and regional endogamy have declined.
    • The tribe often encourage endogamy out of the belief that it will help keep the tribal identity from being lost.
    • While not all Arab Americans practice cousin endogamy or engage in arranged marriages, most demonstrate a strong preference for religious endogamy in the selection of marriage partners.
    1. 1.1Biology The fusion of reproductive cells from related individuals; inbreeding; self-pollination.
      〔生〕同系配合;同系交配
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In alfalfa and maize, seed production was shown to be severely depressed by endogamy.
      • This, in plant species, can buffer against genetic erosion resulting from processes of endogamy and genetic drift.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from endo- ‘within’ + Greek gamos ‘marriage’, on the pattern of polygamy.

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