exogamyn.
/ɛkˈsɒɡəmi/, U.S. /ɛkˈsɑɡəmi/ The custom by which a man is bound to take a wife outside his own clan or group.
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totem exogamy1902
1865 J. F. McLennan Primitive Marriage iii. 48 The words ‘endogamy’ and ‘exogamy’ are new.
1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) iii. 99 A strict system of exogamy prevails.
Derivatives
exoˈgamic adj. [see: -ic suffix] pertaining to exogamy.
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exogamic1873
1873 Contemp. Rev. 22 423 The transition which sometimes takes place from the exogamic to the endogamic system.
1885 Tylor in Academy 1 Aug. 67/2 A social development late in comparison with the really early stages—female descent and exogamic totemism.
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