outmarriage
Wedding an outsider
Outmarriage is marriage to someone outside one's own group—whether religious, ethnic, racial, or social.
The term appears primarily in sociological and anthropological contexts: The community's rate of outmarriage has increased over three generations.
The opposite is endogamy or inmarriage.
Wedding between different groups
- exogamyUnion outside one's clan
- interethnicBetween different ethnic groups
- interracialBetween different ethnic groups
- intertribalBetween tribal groups
bicultural · multiracial · transnational · biethnic · kinship · matrimony · nuptials · wedlock
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
inclusivity · coexistence · mosaic · sociocultural · enrichment · tolerance · acceptance · intercommunity
Combining into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- blendingCombining into uniformity
incorporation · melding · absorption · convergence · amalgamation · boundary-crossing · diaspora · naturalization
intermarriage
Wedding between different groups
- exogamyUnion outside one's clan
- interethnicBetween different ethnic groups
- interracialBetween different ethnic groups
intertribal · bicultural · multiracial · transnational · biethnic · kinship · matrimony · nuptials · wedlock · connubial
multiculturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
cosmopolitan · inclusivity · coexistence · mosaic · sociocultural · enrichment · tolerance · acceptance · intercommunity
integration
Combining into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
blending · incorporation · melding · absorption · convergence · amalgamation · boundary-crossing · diaspora · naturalization · code-switching