endogamy
/enˈdɒɡəmi/noun
उच्चारण एन्डॉगमी
अंतर्विवाह, सजातीय विवाह
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the custom of marrying only people from your own social group
अंतर्विवाह, सजातीय विवाह
- Caste endogamy is still common in India.
- Social scientists often link endogamy with the survival of caste boundaries.
- Endogamy keeps property and traditions within the same community.
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- The sociology paper asks how endogamy affects social mobility.
- Some young people are now challenging endogamy by marrying across communities.
Synonyms in-group marriage
Opposite exogamy intermarriage
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One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: marriage within one's own group is endogamy; outside one's group exogamy; to one person monogamy; to more than one person at a time polygamy; to two people at once bigamy (a crime); marriage of a woman to more than one man polyandry.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: अपने समूह के भीतर विवाह endogamy; समूह के बाहर exogamy; एक व्यक्ति से monogamy; एक समय में एक से अधिक से polygamy; एक साथ दो लोगों से bigamy (अपराध); स्त्री का एक से अधिक पुरुषों से विवाह polyandry।
General knowledge
The Special Marriage Act, 1954 allows marriage between people of different religions or castes.
Special Marriage Act, 1954 विभिन्न धर्मों या जातियों के लोगों के बीच विवाह की अनुमति देता है।