achieved status en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person's social status that is acquired, such as being an Olympic athlete, being a criminal, or being a college professor.
The modern ideal is to organize society as a system of achieved status, where a higher position is based on personal achievements rather than immutable characteristics.
2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| achieved statuses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (1)
pl status osiągnięty (the social status that is acquired)