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social status
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294938060
Scope note
The relative prestige of an individual or group and the hierarchical position of a social role in a social structure or stratification system.
Used for
class status
social position
Related terms
caste systems
legal status
social distance
social inequality
social stratification
Subject category
05.01 SOCIETY GENERAL
Indexing history
Added 2006. For publications indexed before 2006, see social inequality.
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