inmarriage
Wedding your own
Inmarriage is marriage within one's own group—ethnic, religious, cultural, or social.
The practice maintains group boundaries and continuity: The community encouraged inmarriage to preserve traditions.
The term appears in anthropology and sociology, contrasting with outmarriage or exogamy.
Some religious communities actively promote inmarriage while others have relaxed such expectations.
Marriage among similars
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- betrothalFormal marriage agreement
- wedlockState of being spouses
- brideWoman getting married
groom · bridegroom · nuptial · conjugal · spousal · union · alliance · matrimonial
Related group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- kindredRelations by blood
- kinBlood-connected people
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
lineage · descent · family · relatives · relations · siblings · dynasty · house
Relatedness through shared ancestry
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inbreedingReproduction between close relatives
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
DNA · chromosomes · heritable · homozygosity · pedigree
homogamy
Marriage among similars
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- betrothalFormal marriage agreement
- wedlockState of being spouses
bride · groom · bridegroom · nuptial · conjugal · spousal · union · alliance · matrimonial · wedding
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
bloodline · lineage · descent · family · relatives · relations · siblings · dynasty · house · caste
consanguinity
Relatedness through shared ancestry
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inbreedingReproduction between close relatives
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
biological · DNA · chromosomes · heritable · homozygosity · pedigree
custom
Habitual group practice
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
continuity · practice · norms · values · taboo · identity · ancestral · orthodoxy · insularity · separatism
inmarriageoutmarriage
Union across group boundaries
exogamy · intermarriage · marrying out · mixed marriage · cross-cultural marriage
marriage, marry, married, marrying, marital, matrimony, marriageable