Hypergamy

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is crowned in this 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. In social science, hypergamy (colloquially referred to as marrying up or dating up) originally referred to marrying or dating someone of higher socioeconomic class; today more commonly (especially colloquially and in evolutionary psychology) however, it refers to partnering with someone of higher general/composite mate value. The antonym hypogamy refers to the inverse, a preference for dating or marrying someone of lower mate value or socioeconomic class. The term hypergyny can also be used to describe the practice of women marrying up. Concepts such as hypergamy, hypogamy, and hypergyny could be considered special cases of mésalliance.

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