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extramarriage

extramarriage

English

Noun

extramarriage (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Marriage outside one’s own social group, exogamy.

Synonyms

  • (marriage outside one’s group): See also Wikisaurus:intermarriage

Antonyms

  • (marriage outside one’s group): See also Wikisaurus:intermarriage

Adjective

extramarriage (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Outside of marriage, extramarital.
    • 1957, Seward Hiltner, Sex and the Christian Life: In which Seward Hiltner Draws from His Sex Ethics and the Kinsey Reports, "extramarriage" p. 12:
      What does all this imply for sex in marriage, for premarriage or extramarriage sexual relationships, for sex for the unmarried, and other related matters?

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