hypergamy

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself.

Synonyms

 * marrying up

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: hypergami
 * Dutch: hypergamie
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: hipergamia
 * German: Hypergamie, Hinaufheiraten
 * Hindi:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hypergami
 * Nynorsk: hypergami
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: hipergamia
 * Russian: гипергамия
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: hypergami