hyperandry
Act or practice of a man seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than himself.
Noun
- Act or practice of a man seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than himself.
- Hypergamy refers to the tendency of either sex to mate with individuals of superior status. When women date or marry up, it is called hypergyny. When men do so, it is called hyperandry. - 1998, John Marshall Townsend,...
- The more common variant of hypergamous unions is hypergyny, in which a woman realizes social, economic, and political gains by marrying a man whose status is higher than that ascribed to her family or group of origin....
- In addition, unlike in other parts of Europe where hypergyny prevailed, Coleman found evidence of hyperandry among the agricultural populations of Saint Germain-des-Pres: That is, women's marriage choices did not depend...
Origin
From hyper- + -andry.