exogamy
Wedding outside kin
Exogamy is the practice or rule of marrying outside one's own group—whether tribe, clan, caste, or community.
The term appears in anthropology and sociology to describe marriage customs that require seeking partners from other social units: The village practiced strict exogamy, with brides always coming from neighboring settlements.
The opposite is endogamy, marrying within one's group.
State of being related
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- moietyOne of two parts
- totemismBelief linking clans to symbols
patrilocal · levirate · brideprice · dowry · ethnography · genealogy · taboo · alliance
Wedding between different groups
- outmarriageUnion across group boundaries
- spouseMarried partner
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- wedlockState of being spouses
nuptials · betrothal · union · conjugal · matchmaking · alliance · in-laws · partner
Breeding unrelated same-species individuals
- heterosisOffspring surpassing both parents
- genepoolSpecies' collective hereditary material
- allelesVariant forms of genes
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
outbreeding · cross-fertilization · heterozygosity · crossbreeding
Formal union of parties
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- intergroupBetween separate collectives
- peacemakingResolving conflicts through negotiation
kinship
State of being related
totemism · patrilocal · levirate · brideprice · dowry · ethnography · genealogy · taboo · alliance · affinity
intermarriage
Wedding between different groups
- outmarriageUnion across group boundaries
- spouseMarried partner
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
wedlock · nuptials · betrothal · union · conjugal · matchmaking · alliance · in-laws · partner
outcrossing
Breeding unrelated same-species individuals
- heterosisOffspring surpassing both parents
- genepoolSpecies' collective hereditary material
- allelesVariant forms of genes
recombination · outbreeding · cross-fertilization · heterozygosity · crossbreeding
alliance
Formal union of parties
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- intergroupBetween separate collectives
peacemaking · exchange · reciprocity · network · integration
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- anthropologyanthropology, fieldwork, ethnography, social anthropology, cultural anthropology
- Indian Societycaste, varna, Dalit, untouchability, caste system
- sexual customssexual norms, sexual taboos, marriage customs, courtship, virginity
- taboostaboo, incest, cannibalism, bestiality, necrophilia
- tribal societychief, chieftain, clan, tribe, tribal chief
exogamyendogamy
Marriage within one's group
inmarriage · inbreeding · consanguinity · incest · homogamy
gamy, polygamy, bigamy, monogamy, monogamous, gamete, polygamous