Meaning of marry out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To marry someone who is from another family; To avoid incest.
2. To marry someone from a different religion or ethnic group.

Examples

“E. B. Tylor's idea that humans have⟳ only one choice, namely either to marry⟳ out or to die⟳ out, has become⟳ the most commonplace functional explanation. The necessity to marry⟳ out is always a corollary to the prohibition to marry⟳ sisters.”

“Most of us take⟳ it for granted that we must marry⟳ out—that is, we cannot marry⟳ members of our immediate families.”

“Over time, groups that marry⟳ out had an advantage over those that did not, so eventually all groups developed incest taboos.”

“The opposite supposition is that younger people are more receptive to social change⟳ and unconventional ways, thus more likely to marry⟳ out at a higher rate.”

“The support⟳ of language proficiency associated with the home and endogamous marriage is absent in the case of women who marry⟳ out. In addition, men who marry⟳ out have⟳ more extrafamilial ethnic associations (visiting of Greek ethnic friends, memberships in Greek ethnic organizations) than women who intermarry, giving intermarrying men greater support⟳ for Greek language proficiency than their female counterparts.”

“Jews who marry⟳ out — especially women who marry⟳ out, marry⟳ substantially later than Jews who marry⟳ in.”

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