hypergamy
/haɪˈpɜːɡəmi/noun
उच्चारण हाइपर्गमी
अनुलोम विवाह (उच्च वर्ग में विवाह)
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marriage to a person of a higher social class or status
अनुलोम विवाह (उच्च वर्ग में विवाह)
- Sociologists have studied hypergamy in Indian society.
- In some communities, hypergamy led families to seek grooms of higher status.
- The essay explained how hypergamy shaped marriage customs in the nineteenth century.
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- In a society that practises hypergamy, families often compete for high-status grooms.
- Researchers compared rates of hypergamy in cities and villages.
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hy·per·ga·my
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One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often (marriage words): marriage into a higher class is hypergamy; into a lower class hypogamy; within your own group endogamy; outside your group exogamy; having one spouse monogamy; more than one spouse polygamy (a man with several wives polygyny, a woman with several husbands polyandry).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (विवाह के शब्द): उच्च वर्ग में विवाह hypergamy (अनुलोम); निम्न वर्ग में hypogamy (प्रतिलोम); अपने समूह में endogamy (अंतर्विवाह); समूह के बाहर exogamy (बहिर्विवाह); एक जीवनसाथी monogamy; एक से अधिक polygamy (पुरुष की कई पत्नियाँ polygyny, स्त्री के कई पति polyandry)।