Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
exogamous .
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
exogamy
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- adjective characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related
- adjective pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe
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Examples
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LeGuin called “Clans, exogamic groups, chiefs or governors, political units... [or just] [t]he germinal, nameless political community that can be traced among the Indians of the greater part of the State [in this case California].”
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They even have a mathematics for it, with empirical formulas and symbols for "lateral pressures" and "exchange valences" and "exogamic relief."
Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956
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If a group is exogamic, the women in it were born abroad somewhere.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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The clans were exogamic as to their own members, as were also the phratries in primitive times.
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However, this exogamic system could not prevent inbreeding, as there was always the possibility that uncles and nieces might marry, so that a "horizontal" system was superimposed across this "vertical" one, forbidding all marriages between different generations.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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The assertion that these smaller bands constituted exogamic clans seems consistent with Plains Indians custom.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The cause of Ahura's being troubled at the feast is not certain, but the king evidently supposes that she has been pleading to be allowed to marry her beloved brother, and when taxed with it she only expresses her willingness to give way to his exogamic views.
Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897
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The particular exogamic customs vary considerably among early tribes, the differences following, in general, differences of social organization.
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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If a group is exogamic, the women in it were born abroad somewhere.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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