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Meanings of endogamy in English

Russian
эндогамия
Portuguese
endogamia
Catalan
endogàmia
Spanish
endogamico

Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.

      эндогамия

      Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law.

            Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.

                  Usage of endogamy in English
                  1
                  There is no evidence of the practice of endogamy which is so widespread among the Oceanic peoples.
                  The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
                  2
                  Dogging, from "endogamy": marrying inside the clan, inbreeding.
                  Earth Unaware
                  3
                  There are no restrictions in the choice of a wife that might indicate a rule of endogamy or exogamy.
                  The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor...
                  4
                  These populations showed a high degree of endogamy and were part of a larger Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish group.
                  Pubmed
                  5
                  The high genetic diversity found among Andhra populations may be attributed to social stratification and the practice of strict endogamy.
                  Pubmed
                  Frequent collocations
                  Translations for endogamy
                  Portuguese
                  endogamia
                  Catalan
                  endogàmia
                  Endogamy through the time