social status

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Noun

social status (countable and uncountable, plural social statuses)

  1. (sociology) One's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.
    Synonyms: social standing, social station
    Hypernyms: status, standing, station, rank
    Hyponyms: achieved status, ascribed status
    Coordinate term: social class

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