endogamy
సజాతి వివాహం
definition
noun
In recent years, community and regional endogamy have declined.
the custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
example
Social status was ascribed and sustained by class 'endogamy' .
Though marriage outside the ethnic group was tolerated, these people practiced a high rate of 'endogamy' , which strengthened family and community bonds.
In alfalfa and maize, seed production was shown to be severely depressed by 'endogamy' .
This, in plant species, can buffer against genetic erosion resulting from processes of 'endogamy' and genetic drift.
In recent years, community and regional 'endogamy' have declined.
The tribe often encourage 'endogamy' out of the belief that it will help keep the tribal identity from being lost.
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.
As of 1991, 77 percent of married Brazilians were in racially 'endogamous' unions, showing a clear preference for marriage partners of their own color.
Arranged 'endogamous' marriage within the kinship units was the preferred pattern in that period, but this pattern has changed somewhat.
'Endogamic' marriage seems to enable the Gypsies to preserve their traditions.
These are cultural differences and they cause biological differences because cultural groups are 'endogamous' .
This means that 'endogamic' partnerships occur between partners with similar resource bases.
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.
In 1968, 25 percent of urban marriages, 31 percent of rural marriages, and 51 percent of tribal marriages were reported as 'endogamous' .
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