hypergyny
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hypergyny (usually uncountable, plural hypergamies)
- Act or practice of a woman seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than herself
- 2009, Stealing Genes and Hypergyny[1]:
- 2014, Human social stratification and hypergyny[2]:
- 2015 The “female fertility–social stratification–hypergyny” hypothesis
Related terms[edit]
- hypergamy (marrying up in general)
- hypogamy (marrying down in general)
- hypoandry (men marrying down)