ascribed status
English
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Noun
[edit]ascribed status (plural ascribed statuses)
- (sociology) The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.
- Coordinate term: achieved status
- 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]the social status given from birth
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