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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Hypergamy

Hypergamy

  • Marrying up socially

Nature

The custom forbidding women of a particular social status to marry a man with lower status. They are allowed to marry men of their own or higher status.

Broader

Social impediments to marriage
Presentable
Pursuit of personal prestige
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Social stratification
Presentable
Snobbery
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Society » Social
  • Society » Marriage
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024