What does heterogamy mean?
noun
The practice of marrying outside one's social class or ethnic group. A phenomenon in which the frequency of marriage between different social classes or ethnic groups varies.
Example
"The study of heterogamy revealed a significant increase in intermarriage between different socioeconomic groups over the past few decades."
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