marrying out
Wedding outside community
Marrying out is choosing a spouse from outside one's own group—typically religious, ethnic, or cultural.
The phrase usually appears in discussions of identity and tradition: Her parents worried she was marrying out.
The implied concern is dilution of heritage or community bonds.
The opposite is marrying in.
- nonmaritalOutside wedlock
- wedding ceremonyRitual joining two spouses
- exogamyUnion outside one's clan
- identity conflictStruggle between self-concepts
- cultural identityBelonging through shared traditions
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