Noun: exogamy ek'só-gu-mee
- 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