hypergamous
Marrying above station
Hypergamous describes the practice or tendency of marrying or partnering with someone of higher social status, wealth, or educational attainment than oneself.
The term appears most often in sociology and evolutionary psychology, where it typically describes women seeking partners of equal or greater status: hypergamous mating preferences.
The noun is hypergamy.
Reputation commanding admiration
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- eliteSuperior select group
- affluenceAbundance of money
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
high-status · power · influence · aristocracy · exclusive · prominent · opulence · luxury
One pursuing wealthy partners
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- dowryMarital property transfer
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
wedlock · alliance · heiress · aristocracy · dynasty · blue-blooded · gentry · nobility
Study of human cultures
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- bride-pricePayment for marriage rights
- casteInherited social division
prestige
Reputation commanding admiration
privilege · high-status · power · influence · aristocracy · exclusive · prominent · opulence · luxury · upper-class
gold-digger
One pursuing wealthy partners
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- dowryMarital property transfer
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
matrimony · wedlock · alliance · heiress · aristocracy · dynasty · blue-blooded · gentry · nobility · debutante
anthropology
Study of human cultures
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- bride-pricePayment for marriage rights