单词	exogamy
释义	exogamy /ɪkˈsɒɡəmi / /ɛkˈsɒɡəmi/ noun [mass noun] 1 Anthropology The custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe. Compare with endogamy.The practice of clan exogamy - or marriage outside of the clan or group - is typical, however, of almost all ethnic groups.... Individual choice is constrained by kin group exogamy. These clans maintained strict exogamy, so wives may be brought in from elsewhere. 2 Biology The fusion of reproductive cells from distantly related or unrelated individuals; cross-pollination. Derivatives exogamous /ɪkˈsɒɡəməs / /ɛkˈsɒɡəməs / adjective ... These exogamous marriages introduced the possibility of idolatry and syncretistic practices into the community. Rural communities were exogamous, patrilocal, and patriarchal, with newly married women subservient in the families of their husbands until they had borne sons. Thus, a caste is endogamous, but all the kin-based units below it are exogamous and follow rigid rules about which clans or lineages are allowed to inter-marry. Rhymes endogamy, heterogamy, homogamy, misogamy, monogamy
随便看	countess countess palatine countess-ship counthood countian counting counting house counting-out pen countless countly count noses count noun count one's blessings count (or watch or pinch) the (or your) pennies count palatine countrified countrify country country air country and western country bishop country blues country bookie country-born country box

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。