"hypergamy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From hyper- + -gamy.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself."
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          "spouse",
          "spouse"
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          "socioeconomic",
          "socioeconomic"
        ],
        [
          "caste",
          "caste"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hypergamic"
        },
        {
          "word": "hypergamical"
        },
        {
          "word": "hypergamically"
        },
        {
          "word": "hypergamist"
        },
        {
          "word": "hypergamous"
        },
        {
          "word": "hypergamously"
        },
        {
          "word": "hypergyny"
        }
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "colloquial expression",
          "word": "marrying up"
        }
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        "usually"
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      "translations": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hypergami"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hypergamie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "word": "hypergamia"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "hypergamie"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hipergamia"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hypergamie"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Hinaufheiraten"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hypergami"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
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          "word": "hypergami"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hipergamia"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hipergamia"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gipergamija",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "word": "гипергамия"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hipergamia"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hypergamy",
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          "word": "hypergami"
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      "ipa": "/haɪˈpɚɡəmi/",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "hypergamic"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypergamical"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypergamically"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypergamist"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypergamous"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypergamously"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypergyny"
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        "Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself."
      ],
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          "socioeconomic",
          "socioeconomic"
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      "english": "colloquial expression",
      "word": "marrying up"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hypergami"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hypergamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "word": "hypergamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hypergamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hipergamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hypergamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "hipergamia"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hipergamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gipergamija",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "word": "гипергамия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hipergamia"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hypergamy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hypergami"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hypergamy"
}