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Definition of Exogamic
1. Adjective. Characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related.
2. Adjective. Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe.
Category relationships: Anthropology
Also: Outbred
Derivative terms: Exogamy, Exogamy
Antonyms: Endogamous
Definition of Exogamic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to exogamy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exogamic
1. exogamy [adj] - See also: exogamy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exogamic
Literary usage of Exogamic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"structure and organization of these three exogamic classes, with female descent,
mentioned above. Apparently a similar social organization existed among the ..."
2. Social Origins by Andrew Lang, James Jasper Atkinson (1903)
"The Arunta ' exogamic groups ' are ' classes,' and ' phratries,' the totem ...
But here we find Mr. Spencer averring that possibly ' the exogamic groups ..."
3. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"An exogamic gentile system has been reported for the Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Oto,
... An exogamic clan system prevails among the Hidatsa, Crow, and the Mandan. ..."
4. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"Each phratry is divided into a number of totemic groups, which, though the origin
of totemism is lost, appear to be older than the exogamic sections, for, ..."
5. Primitive Society by Robert Harry Lowie (1920)
"Accordingly, in tracing the historical relations of the exogamic ... while the
larger exogamic groups are not derived from a common ancestor except among ..."
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