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Noun: exogamy  ek'só-gu-mee
  1. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
    "Exogamy was encouraged to strengthen alliances between clans";
    - intermarriage

Derived forms: exogamies

Type of: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock

Antonym: endogamy

Encyclopedia: Exogamy