hypogamous

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ -gamous.

Adjective

hypogamous (comparative more hypogamous, superlative most hypogamous)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypogamy.
    • 2017 November 21, Lindsay Theunis, Christine Schnor, Didier Willaert, Jan Van Bavel, “His and Her Education and Marital Dissolution: Adding a Contextual Dimension”, in European Journal of Population, volume 34, →DOI, pages 663-687:
      In the past, quite some studies have shown that educational hypogamous marriages are more likely to dissolve than marriages with other educational pairings (see Schwartz and Han 2014 for a review).

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