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Definition of Hypergamy
1. Noun. Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypergamy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypergamy
Literary usage of Hypergamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Census of India, 1901 by India Census Commissioner, Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1903)
"In fact, however, the field of selection is greatly restricted by the operation
of the laws of isogamy and hypergamy. In a society so organised as to give ..."
2. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"The Rajputs, who are much addicted to hypergamy, are by no means in the front
... On the whole, therefore, it cannot be said that hypergamy leads to early ..."
3. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"Special attention may be drawn to his remarks on the prevalence of hypergamy and
the deductions to be drawn from it (Chap. VIII., 37, 38, 39). ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"The social conditions to which I refer are the group of causes that lead to female
hypergamy, that is to the rule that girls must marry above them, ..."
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