hypergamy

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hypergamy

/haɪˈpɚɡəmi/ US

noun hypergamies

uncountable, usually A preference for marrying a spouse of higher social class. 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.
Similar: marry up · Opposite: hypogamy

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noun hypergamy

Español	hipergamia
中文	上嫁
Português	hipergamia
Français	hypergamie
Deutsch	Hypergamie, Hinaufheiraten
Русский	гипергамия gipergamija

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@misc{hypergamy_2026,
  title = {hypergamy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hypergamy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}