From 1940 to the mid-1970s, the tendency for men to marry down educationally became more pronounced and the cultural ideal of hypergamy — that women must marry up — became more insistent.
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Hypergamy
//haɪˈpɚɡəmi//
Synonyms for "hypergamy" (2 found)
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14 translations across 13 languages.
Danish
1 entries- hypergami noun (hypergamy)
Dutch
1 entries- hypergamie noun (hypergamy)
Finnish
1 entries- hypergamia noun (hypergamy)
French
1 entries- hypergamie noun (hypergamy)
Galician
1 entries- hipergamia noun (hypergamy)
German
2 entries- Hinaufheiraten noun (hypergamy)
- Hypergamie noun (hypergamy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hypergami noun (hypergamy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hypergami noun (hypergamy)
Polish
1 entries- hipergamia noun (hypergamy)
Portuguese
1 entries- hipergamia noun (hypergamy)
Russian
1 entries- гипергамия noun (hypergamy)
Spanish
1 entries- hipergamia noun (hypergamy)
Swedish
1 entries- hypergami noun (hypergamy)
Sample sentences
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A lawsuit against David Geffen mentions a website where hypergamy — dating above your station — is celebrated. But the word carries darker intonations.
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