<< Trotsky:
> > Closest anthropological term I could find is 'homogamous'
>
Ditto. 'Please explain'. >>
According to the Encyclopaedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ed. A Barnard & J Spencer, 1998) it means marriage within the same class or ethnic group, but excluding kin and affines - sort of a weak endogamy, I suppose. Apparently a good description of many modern western marriage practices. It's obviously not a very common term (possibly not a formal one FAIK), as its hidden in the 'marriage' section, rather than getting its own entry like 'exogamy' and 'endogamy' do.
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