homogamy

American  

[hoh-mog-uh-mee] / hoʊˈmɒg ə mi /

noun

1. the state of being homogamous.

2. interbreeding of individuals with like characteristics.

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homogamy British  

/ hɒˈmɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. a condition in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite Compare heterogamy

2. the maturation of the anthers and stigmas of a flower at the same time, ensuring self-pollination Compare dichogamy

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Other Word Forms

• homogamous adjective

Etymology

Origin of homogamy

First recorded in 1870–75; homo- + -gamy

Example Sentences

We wanna go down to the llano to see if they practice homogamy, but dunno how to get there.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

Williams had never heard of educational homogamy when I asked her about it, and she wasn't sure that was the whole story.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2010

What we have playing out here in all its gory glory is educational homogamy.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2010

So much then for homogamy, or isolation of the discriminate order.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John

Except where very large populations are concerned, indiscriminate isolation always tends to become increasingly discriminate; and, in the measure that it does so, apogamy passes into homogamy, by virtue of Independent Variability.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John