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endogamy

practice of marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group
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Summary

endogamy is a sexual norm[1]. endogamy draws 9,612 Wikipedia views per month (sexual norm category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: marriage[3], assortative mating[4]
  • Opposite of: exogamy[5]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[11]
  • Different from: human inbreeding[12]

Why It Matters

endogamy has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] endogamy is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['4Ixbov', '2M9LQQ']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 2405
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 2405, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284645|endogamy (#107284645)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classic"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → marriage, assortative mating
    Aliases → —
    Different from → human inbreeding
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0370776-socialni-endogamie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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