Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypogamous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-pog-a-mous
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypogamy.

Example Sentences

"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)."

Etymology

From hypo- + -gamous.

Inflected Forms

more hypogamous (comparative) most hypogamous (superlative)

Antonyms

hypergamous

Questions

What does hypogamous mean?: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypogamy.
Where does hypogamous come from?: From hypo- + -gamous.

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