hypergamies
hypergamies is the plural of hypergamy.
Meaning of hypergamy
Noun
hypergamy (usually uncountable, plural hypergamies)
- Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself.
- From 1940 to the mid-1970s, the tendency for men to marry down educationally became more pronounced and the cultural ideal of hypergamy — that women must marry up — became more insistent.2012 November 2, Stephanie Coontz, “The M.R.S. and the Ph.D.”, in The New York Times
Questions about hypergamies
- What is hypergamies the plural of?
- Hypergamies is the plural of hypergamy.
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