Artifact Highlights. 1  Harriet Tubman Hymn Book (1876) 2  Jim Crow Railroad car (1920) 3  Rosa Park's Dress (1955) 4  Chuck Berryâs Cadillac (1973) 5  Marian Anderson Ensembel (1939) 6  Tuskegee Airmen Trainer Plane, an open-cockpit PT-13 Stearman (1944)
Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as marrying up) is a term used in social science for the act or practice of a person marrying another of higher caste or social status than themselves. The antonym hypogamy refers to the inverse: marrying a person of lower social class or status.
Syngamy. Definition. noun. The fusion of gametes resulting in the formation of a zygote, which develops into a new organism. Supplement. Word origin: Greek, comb. form repr. sÃ½n, with, together with + - gamia, gamÃ­a act of. marrying