intermarriagenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɪn.təˈmær.ɪdʒ/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈmer.ɪdʒ/marriage between people who are from different social groups, races, or religions, or who are from the same family:
Have ethnic tensions in the area been reduced by intermarriage?
Intermarriage between close relatives is prohibited in most societies.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wife idiom
- be an item idiom
- be shacked up idiom
- hear wedding bells idiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- involvement
- marriage equality
- marriage guidance
- marriageable
- marry
- marry in haste, repent at leisure idiom
- matrimonial
- shack up
- something
- together
- wedlock
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intermarry
verb [ I ] uk/ˌɪn.təˈmær.i/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈmer.i/
Many of the immigrants have intermarried with the island's original inhabitants.