An improper alliance, association, or union; esp. an unsuitable marriage. Cf. mésalliance, n. Also in extended use.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > of persons of unequal rank > with social inferior (5) misalliance1738 An improper alliance, association, or union; esp. an unsuitable marriage. Cf. mésalliance, n. Also in extended use. left-handed marriage1760 figurative and in extended use. Of a marriage: = morganatic, adj. 2. Also: designating either of the parties married in this way, or children from… mésalliance1782 A union between two people that is thought to be unsuitable or inappropriate; esp. a marriage with a person of a lower social position. Also figur… hypogamy1946 The marriage of a woman into a lower caste or into a tribe of lower standing than her own. Cf. hypergamy, n. Subcategories:— female partner (1) |
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