"hypergamy" meaning in English

See hypergamy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /haɪˈpɚɡəmi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hypergamy.wav Forms: hypergamies [plural]
Etymology: From hyper- + -gamy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hyper-|-gamy}} hyper- + -gamy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} hypergamy (usually uncountable, plural hypergamies)
  1. Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: marrying up (english: colloquial expression) Related terms: hypergamic, hypergamical, hypergamically, hypergamist, hypergamous, hypergamously, hypergyny Translations (hypergamy): hypergami [neuter] (Danish), hypergamie [feminine] (Dutch), hypergamia (Finnish), hypergamie [feminine] (French), hipergamia [feminine] (Galician), Hypergamie [feminine] (German), Hinaufheiraten [neuter] (German), hypergami [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hypergami [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hipergamia [feminine] (Polish), hipergamia [feminine] (Portuguese), гипергамия (gipergamija) (Russian), hipergamia [feminine] (Spanish), hypergami [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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