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exogamy

exogamy Exogamy is the custom of marrying outside one’s own clan or tribe.

Exogamy is the custom of marrying outside one’s own clan or tribe. In this historical source, it is described as a socially enforced rule tied to ideas about kinship and the development of family, clan, and tribal organization.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Exogamy” (Exogamy).
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