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