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hypergamy

/hahy-pur-guh-mee/US // haɪˈpɜr gə mi //UK // (haɪˈpɜːɡəmɪ) //

超配种,过度繁殖,过度配种,过度配给

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.

Examples

  • The Khandaits practise hypergamy with the Rautadi, taking daughters from them, but not giving their daughters to them.

  • They have the same complicated arrangement of exogamy and hypergamy as the Khatris, and will take food from that caste.

  • The social results of hypergamy, when commonly practised, are highly injurious.