hypergamous

Definitions

Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypergamy.

Examples

“This is, in fact, an issue⟳ on which modern anthropologists have⟳ been divided, particularly among those north Indians who are held to practise⟳ hypergamous 'upward' marriage.”

“Readers can't help⟳ siding with Jane's heroines, so sympathetically portrayed in their efforts to get⟳ the right man, whereas Becky Sharp may well represent⟳ male distrust of scheming hypergamous females.”

“Some Chinese citizens even praised male Chinese citizens they knew for having enough status, wealth, charm, and good looks to attract⟳ non-Chinese women, who were presumed to desire the same hypergamous relationships that Chinese women were presumed to desire.”

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