What does homogamy mean?
Homogamy means (botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant..
Surgeons no longer pursue nurses as they did when the former were most likely men and the latter women; now they go for anaesthetists or other surgeons. In one sense homogamy is desirable, because it means women are less dependent on status-asymmetric marriages; in another, it’s dismal because it constitutes a form of social closure […]
Use homogamy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Homogamy means (botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant..
Common synonyms include inbreeding, exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy.
Possible antonyms include heterogamy, exogamy, extramarriage, intermarriage.
Surgeons no longer pursue nurses as they did when the former were most likely men and the latter women; now they go for anaesthetists or other surgeons. In one sense homogamy is desirable, because it means women are less dependent on status-asymmetric marriages; in another, it’s dismal because it constitutes a form of social closure […]
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