endogamy
enUKen·dog·a·my
E0135000 (ĕn-dŏg′ə-mē)endogamy
(ɛnˈdɒɡəmɪ)en•dog•a•my
(ɛnˈdɒg ə mi)n.
endogamy
| Noun | 1. | endogamy - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law |
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| 释义 | endogamyenUKen·dog·a·myE0135000 (ĕn-dŏg′ə-mē)endogamy(ɛnˈdɒɡəmɪ)en•dog•a•my(ɛnˈdɒg ə mi)n. endogamy
endogamyenUKendogamy(ĕndŏg`əmē): see marriagemarriage,socially sanctioned union that reproduces the family. In all societies the choice of partners is generally guided by rules of exogamy (the obligation to marry outside a group); some societies also have rules of endogamy (the obligation to marry within a group). ..... Click the link for more information. . endogamya rule prescribing marriage within a given social group. The group may belong to a LINEAGE, CASTE, CLASS, ethnic affiliation, or other type of social classification. The converse of endogamy is EXOGAMY. Since all marriage systems are both endogamous and exogamous, it is necessary to specify in detail the prescribed and the proscribed groups.Endogamya custom prescribing marriage within a certain social group, such as a tribe, caste, or clan. In primitive society the tribe was endogamous, and the clan was exogamous (seeEXOGAMY). During the period of the decay of primitive communal relations, the clan or, more frequently, intraclan groups (patronymic groups) among the Malagasy, part of the Bantu, the Arabs, the Uzbeks, the Tuareg, and other peoples became endogamous in an attempt to keep property among close relatives. Ortho-cousin marriages between the children of, for example, cousins and second cousins were arranged in the father’s line and, less frequently, in the mother’s line. Caste endogamy characterizes the castes of India. REFERENCESEngels, F. Proiskhozhdenie sem’i, chastnoi sobstvennosti i qosudarstva. In K. Marx and F. Engels, Soch., 2nd ed., vol. 21.Shternberg, L. Ia. Sem’ia i rod u narodov Severo-Vostochnoi Azii. Leningrad, 1933. endogamy[en′däg·ə·mē]endogamyenUKendogamy[en-dog´ah-me]en·dog·a·my(en-dog'ă-mē),endogamy(ĕn-dŏg′ə-mē)endogamyThe marriage of a person to another of his or her same social, economic or cultural group.en·dog·a·my(en-dog'ă-mē)endogamypollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant. Compare EXOGAMY.endogamyenUK
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