INTERMARRIAGE Definition & Meaning

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intermarriage

[ in-ter-mar-ij, in-ter-mar-ij ]

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noun

marriage between people of different religions, tribes, castes, ethnicities, or racial groups, as between a white person and a Black person or between a Christian and a Muslim.
marriage between people of different social classes.
marriage within a specific social or cultural group, as required by custom or law; endogamy.
marriage between people belonging to the same small group, especially if they are close blood relatives.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of intermarriage¹

First recorded in 1570–80; inter- + marriage

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Centuries of intermarriage, meanwhile, has resulted in millions of people with a small percentage of Native American ancestry.

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Jewish intermarriage rates have risen in the United States.

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Their language and traditions merged with Indigenous tribes over the decades and many Alaska Natives have Russian surnames after intermarriages.

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Robbins said her wife graduated from TCU, “so it already generates some intermarriage household rivalry.”

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The Mizrahim who make up around half of Israel's Jewish majority - a figure hard to pin down due to widespread intermarriage with Ashkenazim - have at times complained of discrimination and socio-economic disadvantage.

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