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Definition of endogamy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

endogamy

noun
 
/enˈdɒɡəmi/
 
/enˈdɑːɡəmi/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the custom of marrying only people from your local community compare exogamy
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from endo- ‘within’ + Greek gamos ‘marriage’, on the pattern of polygamy.
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