释义
[ in-ter-mar -ij, in -ter-mar-ij ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌɪn tərˈmær ɪdʒ, ˈɪn tərˌmær ɪdʒ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun marriage between people of different religions, tribes, castes, ethnicities, or racial groups, as between a white person and a Black person or between a Christian and a Muslim.
marriage between people of different social classes.
marriage within a specific social or cultural group, as required by custom or law; endogamy.
marriage between people belonging to the same small group, especially if they are close blood relatives.
Origin of intermarriage First recorded in 1570–80; inter- + marriage
Words nearby intermarriage interlope, interloper, interlude, interlunar, interlunation, intermarriage , intermarry, intermaxillary bone, intermaxillary suture, intermeddle, intermedia
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Example sentences from the Web for intermarriage The impact of intermarriage on Jewish engagement is generally negative but especially negative upon attachment to Israel.
Lost That Loving Feeling? | Steven M. Cohen| October 31, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Intermarriage excludes tens of thousands of children from the Jewish people every year.
Why Israel’s Religious Leaders Oppose Reform Judaism | Andrew Apostolou| October 11, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The one great phase of the race question agitating the country to-day is that of intermarriage and miscegenation.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence | Various
Descent, inheritance and the prohibition of intermarriage in the gens, are the same as among the Minnitarees.
Ancient Society | Lewis Henry Morgan
It is here that we find ground for opposition to intermarriage between Japanese and Americans at present.
Japan and the California Problem | Toyokichi Iyenaga
Private rights were jus connubii (right of intermarriage ); and jus commercii (right of trading and holding property).
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD | Robert F. Pennell
Broadly speaking, Gavaras and Kalingas do not intermarry, and the objection to intermarriage is due to several causes.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar Thurston
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