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单词 hypogamy
释义

hypogamyn.

/hʌɪˈpɒɡəmi/
Etymology: < hypo- prefix + -gamy comb. form.
Cultural Anthropology.
The marriage of a woman into a lower caste or into a tribe of lower standing than her own. Cf. hypergamy n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > of persons of unequal rank > with social inferior
misalliance1738
left-handed marriage1760
mésalliance1782
hypogamy1946
1946 J. H. Hutton Caste in India v. 48 Hypogamy, on the other hand, is associated with a bride-price.
1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory i. i. 60 This pattern, which we may call caste hypogamy, is not institutionalized, but it is persistent.
1956 R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization v. i. 177 A very rare case of hypogamy, that is, women marrying below their caste.
1957 New Statesman 4 May 566/3 The fictions of D. H. Lawrence have several examples of the lady marrying downwards (hypogamy, in anthropological vocabulary).

Derivatives

hyˈpogamous adj. pertaining or relating to hypogamy.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [adjective] > marriage to social inferior
left-handed1653
left hand1687
morganatic1728
morganic1854
morganatical1855
hypogamous1946
1946 J. H. Hutton Caste in India v. 48 Hypogamous marriages..are pratiloma, against the grain, that is, against what is natural or proper, since the status of the bride is in this case higher than that of the bridegroom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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