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Exogamous

adjective

Characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related. Synonym: exogamic.

Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe. Synonym: exogamic.

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... tribes, Brahmanism appropriated the totemistic cult and incorporated it into the caste system. And many Dravidian castes which are identified with this cult have the striking peculiarity of being exogamous as contrasted with the endogamy of the Aryan section of ...

— India, Its Life and Thought • John P. Jones

Words linked to "Exogamous" : endogamous, autogamous, exogamy, botany, phytology, outbred, anthropology