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Word: Hypergamy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from hyper- ‘above’ + Greek gamos ‘marriage’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
hʌɪˈpəːɡəmi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the action of marrying or forming a sexual relationship with a person of a superior sociological or educational background.
Short Definition:action of marrying person of superior class
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