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hypogamous

hypogamous adjective: of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypogamy.

Adjective

hypogamous (comparative more hypogamous, superlative most hypogamous)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypogamy.
    • In the past, quite some studies have shown that educational hypogamous marriages are more likely to dissolve than marriages with other educational pairings (see Schwartz and Han 2014 for a review).2017 November 21, Lindsay Theunis, Christine Schnor, Didier Willaert, Jan Van Bavel, “His and Her Education and Marital Dissolution: Adding a Contextual Dimension”, in European Journal of Population...

Antonyms of hypogamous

Forms of hypogamous

comparativemore hypogamous
superlativemost hypogamous

Origin of hypogamous

From hypo- + -gamous.

Questions about hypogamous

What does hypogamous mean?
Hypogamous means of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypogamy.
What part of speech is hypogamous?
Hypogamous is an adjective.

Words near hypogamous in the dictionary

  1. hypogammaglobulinaemia
  2. hypogammaglobulinaemias
  3. hypogammaglobulinemia
  4. hypogammaglobulinemias
  5. hypogammaglobulinemic
  6. hypogamous
  7. hypogamy
  8. hypoganglionated
  9. hypoganglionosis
  10. hypogastria
  11. hypogastrian

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