They were then driven to finding strange women, and this was the origin of the exogamy which is so closely bound up with totemism. From Wordnik.com. [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference
Indigenous "exogamy", Aboriginal people marrying outside their race, had increased since. From Wordnik.com. Reference
At this stage of development there was quite generally though not universally prevalent the custom of "exogamy," by which a man was forbidden to marry a woman of his own clan. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
Most subcastes have an elaborate system of exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Gond tribe, as is evident from their system of exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
The law of exogamy was strictly followed in the case before us. From Wordnik.com. [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference
But notice that there's no mention at all of white rates of exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2002-12-29] Reference
Within the main group exogamy sometimes also goes by titles or family names. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
The Dumals have no subcastes, but they have a complicated system of exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
For example, some societies require clan endogamy, others require clan exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [Irving Kristol and Evolution - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Natural selection has determined that exogamy produces fitter progeny than endogamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
Many cultures implicitly or explicitly encourage exogamy, so the viewpoint is probably based on experience. From Wordnik.com. [Yes some guys are assholes, but it’s still your fault if you get raped] Reference
Human marriage tends to exogamy, but not extreme exogamy… we like to marry “close, but not too close”. From Wordnik.com. [How Not To Be Insane When Accused Of Racism (A Guide For White People)] Reference
They have the same complicated arrangement of exogamy and hypergamy as the Khatris, and will take food from that caste. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Separate from the genetic component tribes encourage exogamy to provide genetic variation there is the question of social good. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
Until the mid-1970s, the issue of gender differentials in exogamy was often noted in passing in articles describing mixed marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Intermarriage and Conversion in the United States.] Reference
But those elements of it that resemble randomness push in the direction of higher exogamy rates from proportionately smaller populations. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2002-12-29] Reference
A similar remark may be made in regard to exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Brahmanical type, but these do not influence exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)] Reference
Yes, there is obviously something to be said for exogamy. From Wordnik.com. [South Wind] Reference
Since a custom of exogamy presupposes at least two social groups. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
What is the relation of endogamy and exogamy (a) to isolation, and. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
Thus exogamy first arose through the women of the clan resorting to men outside it. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)] Reference
Grandfather and grandchild, their relation under exogamy and female kinship, 416, 418. From Wordnik.com. [The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia] Reference
Aryans of India have exogamy but not totemism, and this is true in part of the Assamese. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
The existing system of exogamy affords evidence in favour of this view, as will be seen. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)] Reference
In many cases a rule of exogamy, for the better regulation of marriage, would be adopted. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
When the custom of exogamy arose it would naturally attach to the clan as the social unit. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
We find the same when we study endogamy, exogamy, Australian marriages, and the control of marriage by taboo. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science] Reference
This is an indication of exogamy (marrying out) and patrilocality (the females moving to the location of the males). From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
He had studied the totemism and exogamy of the primitive races, and here was his opportunity to understand polygamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow Trail] Reference
Endogamy and exogamy are forms of the mores in which one of these policies has been adopted to the exclusion of the other. From Wordnik.com. [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference
Dr Alistair Pike from Bristol University, who carried out the strontium analysis, says this indicates a culture of exogamy or marrying out. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
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