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Hypergamy - English meaning

Hypergamy – definitions in English dictionary

noun

The action of marrying or forming a sexual relationship with a person of a superior sociological or educational background.

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一夫多妻制

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Hypergamie

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Hypergamie

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Hypergamie

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हाइपरगैमी

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Ipergamia

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과잉진료

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Гипергамия

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Hipergamia

Word origin

late 19th century: from hyper- ‘above’ + Greek gamos ‘marriage’.

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