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homogamy
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[hɒˈmɒɡəmi], (Noun)
Definitions:
- marriage between people from similar sociological or educational backgrounds
- inbreeding, especially as a result of isolation
- a state in which the flowers of a plant are all of one type (either hermaphrodite or of the same sex)
- the simultaneous ripening of the stamens and pistils of a flower, ensuring self-pollination
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Origin
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late 19th century: from homo- ‘same’ + Greek gamos ‘marriage’
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