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| '''Endogamy''' refers to social norms which either encourage or require marriage within a social group. An example of endogamy are the tribes of Iraq. Because tribal membership is determined by patralineal lines, a woman who marries outside a tribe exits that tribe. As a result, marriage between cousins or second cousins is frequent and encouraged. | '''Endogamy''' refers to social norms which either encourage or require marriage within a social group. An example of endogamy are the tribes of Iraq. Because tribal membership is determined by patralineal lines, a woman who marries outside a tribe exits that tribe. As a result, marriage between cousins or second cousins is frequent and encouraged. | ||
| The opposite of endogamy is exogamy. | The opposite of ] is ]. | ||
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Endogamy refers to social norms which either encourage or require marriage within a social group. An example of endogamy are the tribes of Iraq. Because tribal membership is determined by patralineal lines, a woman who marries outside a tribe exits that tribe. As a result, marriage between cousins or second cousins is frequent and encouraged.
The opposite of endogamy is exogamy.
see also incest