Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhibiting heterogamy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Illustrative of or characterized by heterogenesis, or alternation of generations.
- Of or pertaining to heterogamy, or the marriage or pairing of unlike individuals.
- In botany, bearing two kinds of flowers which differ sexually, as in most Compositæ and many Cyperaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.
- adjective Characterized by heterogamy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany in which the
stamens andpistils are not present in everyflower ; i.e. there aremale andfemale flowers - adjective biology characterized by
alternating generations of aparthenogenetic andsexual nature - adjective biology involving
heterogametes in thereproductive process
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm sticking with my suggestion -- spelled out in long form here -- to describe couples as homogamous versus heterogamous.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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In the subsequent analysis, however, the article shows conclusively that the homogamous-couple effect isaccounted for by the lower education and income of those couples compared with heterogamous married couples.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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You can see that kids in homogamous-couple families do have higher grade-retention rates than those in heterogamous-married families.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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I'm sticking with my suggestion -- spelled out in long form here -- to describe couples as homogamous versus heterogamous.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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I'm sticking with my suggestion -- spelled out in long form here -- to describe couples as homogamous versus heterogamous.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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These are the "behind-grade" rates for kids living in different types of parent situations (note "homogamous" are same-sex couples regardless of legal marital status, and "heterogamous" are male-female couples):
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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Higher still are the retention rates of those with single parents, heterogamous cohabiting parents, and those who are formerly married.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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"The dominant system of heterogamous marriage prevailed in Europe for centuries ..."
Philip N. Cohen: Take My Words For It: Homogamy and Heterogamy 2010
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By this point in the post, you might be sick of the terms homogamous and heterogamous.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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In the subsequent analysis, however, the article shows conclusively that the homogamous-couple effect isaccounted for by the lower education and income of those couples compared with heterogamous married couples.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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