ascribed status en · NOUN
Meanings
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The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.
Older societies built their hierarchies on ascribed status, where individuals received their social ranking based on predetermined criteria, such as age, ethnic group, occupation, and gender.
2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ascribed statuses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
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Translations (3)
de zugeschriebener Status (the social status given from birth) · pt status atribuído (the social status given from birth) · pl status nadany (the social status given from birth)