Intermarriage

Quick meaning: Intermarriage is a noun meaning Marriage between people belonging to different groups, such as different racial, ethnic, or religious groups; mixed marriage.

Meaning

Marriage between people belonging to different groups, such as different racial, ethnic, or religious groups; mixed marriage.

Example Sentences

"The extinction of these languages is also a result of intermarriage.

During the 1960s, some Georgians opposed the intermarriage of blacks and whites.

Because whites are by far the nation’s largest racial group, marriage between whites and minorities were the most common type of intermarriage, even though the intermarriage rate for whites is relatively low compared to other races or ethnicities, the study said. The state where most intermarriages took place was Hawaii, where more than four in 10 newlyweds (42.4%) were intermarried.

Word Forms

• intermarriages
• inter-marriage

Synonyms for intermarriage

Depending on context, synonyms include exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, outmarriage, endogamy, inmarriage.

Antonyms for intermarriage

Common opposites include intramarriage, endogamy, homogamy, inmarriage.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exogamy, inmarriage, endogamy, marriage, wedlock, wedding.

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