📚 noun • entry_id 56157
hypogamy
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hipogamia
The seeking of a spouse of lower socioeconomic status or caste than oneself.
Men like Mr. Lim, according to Government officials, often end up marrying "downward" - hypogamy - after they fail to win a woman of their own educational level.
The reverse (hypogamy) is rare because with marriage a woman and her future offspring take on the social position of the husband, and so an upper‐class woman marrying a lower‐class…
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