Hypogamous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypogamy.

    "In the past, quite some studies have shown that educational hypogamous marriages are more likely to dissolve than marriages with other educational pairings (see Schwartz and Han 2014 for a review)."

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"In the past, quite some studies have shown that educational hypogamous marriages are more likely to dissolve than marriages with other educational pairings (see Schwartz and Han 2014 for a review)."

Etymology

From hypo- + -gamous.

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