单词 | exogamy |
释义 | exogamy|ɛkˈsɒgəmɪ| [f. as prec.: cf. endogamy.] The custom by which a man is bound to take a wife outside his own clan or group. Hence exoˈgamic a. [see: -ic], pertaining to exogamy.
1865McLennan Prim. Marriage iii. 48 The words ‘endogamy’ and ‘exogamy’ are new. 1870Lubbock Orig. Civiliz. iii. (1875) 132 A strict system of exogamy prevails. 1873Contemp. Rev. XXII. 423 The transition which sometimes takes place from the exogamic to the endogamic system. 1885Tylor 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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