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hypogamy Anthrop.|haɪˈpɒgəmɪ|
[f. hypo- + -gamy.]
The marriage of a woman into a lower caste or into a tribe of lower standing than her own. Hence hyˈpogamous a., pertaining or relating to hypogamy. Cf. hypergamy.
1946J. H. Hutton Caste in India v. 48 Hypogamy, on the other hand, is associated with a bride-price. Ibid., Hypogamous marriages..are pratiloma, against the grain, that is, against what is natural or proper, since the status of the bride is in this case higher than that of the bridegroom. 1949R. K. Merton Social Theory (1951) i. 60 This pattern, which we may call caste hypogamy, is not institutionalized, but it is persistent. 1956R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization v. i. 177 A very rare case of hypogamy, that is, women marrying below their caste. 1957New Statesman 4 May 566/3 The fictions of D. H. Lawrence have several examples of the lady marrying downwards (hypogamy, in anthropological vocabulary). |