hypergyny
English
Etymology
From hyper- + -gyny.
Noun
hypergyny (usually uncountable, plural hypergamies)
- Act or practice of a woman seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than herself
- 2009 Stealing Genes and Hypergyny
- 2014 Human social stratification and hypergyny
- 2015 The “female fertility–social stratification–hypergyny” hypothesis
Related terms
- hypergamy (marrying up in general)
- hypogamy (marrying down in general)
- hypoandry (men marrying down)
See also
- polyandry (many men marrying a single spouse)
- polygyny (many women marrying a single spouse)