English to Chichewa Meaning of endogamy - endogamy

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Definitions of endogamy in English

Noun(1) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law

Examples of endogamy in English

(1) This, in plant species, can buffer against genetic erosion resulting from processes of endogamy and genetic drift.(2) The tribe often encourage endogamy out of the belief that it will help keep the tribal identity from being lost.(3) In alfalfa and maize, seed production was shown to be severely depressed by endogamy .(4) While not all Arab Americans practice cousin endogamy or engage in arranged marriages, most demonstrate a strong preference for religious endogamy in the selection of marriage partners.(5) Social status was ascribed and sustained by class endogamy .(6) Though marriage outside the ethnic group was tolerated, these people practiced a high rate of endogamy , which strengthened family and community bonds.(7) In recent years, community and regional endogamy have declined.(8) These are cultural differences and they cause biological differences because cultural groups are endogamous .(9) This means that endogamic partnerships occur between partners with similar resource bases.(10) In 1968, 25 percent of urban marriages, 31 percent of rural marriages, and 51 percent of tribal marriages were reported as endogamous .(11) Arranged endogamous marriage within the kinship units was the preferred pattern in that period, but this pattern has changed somewhat.(12) Marriages in the community remained endogamous as long as suitable marriage partners existed, but after the second generation, partners were often found in the predominantly Dutch communities in the surrounding countryside.(13) Endogamic marriage seems to enable the Gypsies to preserve their traditions.(14) As of 1991, 77 percent of married Brazilians were in racially endogamous unions, showing a clear preference for marriage partners of their own color.

Related Phrases of endogamy

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Related Phrases of endogamy

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Noun

1. intermarriage ::

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