intermarriage
pronunciation
How to pronounce intermarriage in British English:
UK [ˌɪntə'mærɪdʒ]
How to pronounce intermarriage in American English:
US [ˌɪntɚˈmærɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
- marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
Word Origin
- intermarriage (n.)
- 1570s, from inter- + marriage.
Example
- 1. Looking at trends in intermarriage is a complex matter .
- 2. If it depends on dna , then what about intermarriage and adoption ?
- 3. Yet there has also been a long history of intermarriage and adoption of non-natives .
- 4. One theory blames intermarriage ; another that the young are alienated by israel 's policies .
- 5. But , weinberg said , conversion after intermarriage also brings new blood into a community and enlarges the number of especially knowledgeable jews .