单词 | hypergamy |
释义 | hypergamy[ hahy-pur-guh-mee ] / haɪˈpɜr gə mi / nounthe practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own. Origin of hypergamyFirst recorded in 1880–85; hyper- + -gamy OTHER WORDS FROM hypergamyhy·per·ga·mous, adjectiveWords nearby hypergamyhyperfunction, hyperfunctional occlusion, hypergalactia, hypergalactosis, hypergammaglobulinemia, hypergamy, hypergenesis, hypergenitalism, hypergeometric, hypergeometric distribution, hypergeometric equation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hypergamy
British Dictionary definitions for hypergamyhypergamy / (haɪˈpɜːɡəmɪ) / nounanthropol a custom that forbids a woman to marry a man of lower social status any marriage with a partner of higher social status Derived forms of hypergamyhypergamous, adjectiveWord Origin for hypergamyC19: from hyper- + -gamy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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