Social Status

Definition: Social Status

Social Status

Noun

1. Position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Social Status

Crosswords: Social Status

Books

• Gender, Caste and Power in South Asia: Social Status and Mobility in a Transitional Society (Universita Degli Studi Di Venezia Dipartmento Di Studi E) (reference)

• Law and Social Status in Classical Athens (reference)

• Legal, Economic and Social Status of the Indian Child (reference)

• Sect Ideologies and Social Status (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To be a capitalist, is to have not only a purely personal, but a social status in production. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The Argentine user of pleasure boats, in general, regards boating as a social activity, and owning a vessel is a sign of social status. (references)

Children

Bahrain

The social status of children is shaped by tradition and religion to a greater extent than by civil law. (references)

China

One study found the differential mortality rates to be highest in areas where women have a lower social status, where economic and medical conditions are poor, and where family planning regulations are strictly enforced (although the correlation for this factor was weak). (references)

Discrimination

Korea

There was pervasive discrimination on the basis of social status. (references)

Economic History

Tunisia

Tunisia is a leader in the Arab world in promoting the legal and social status of women. (references)

Human Rights

Tajikistan

Law enforcement authorities mistreated members of the country's Afghan refugee population--at times regardless of their social status or official connections. (references)

Political Economy

Micronesia

Traditional customs distinguish among persons on the basis of social status and sex. (references)

Political Rights

Oman

The Government's selection criteria reportedly was based on tribal and social status; educational background; personal and professional connections; and loyalty to the Government. (references)

Women

China

Research indicates that the low economic and social status of women is among the leading causes. (references)

Eritrea

Much of society remains traditional and patriarchal, and generally women do not enjoy a social status equal to men. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

gruppe (are, bevy, cluster, collection, group, heap, herd, pack, set), befolkningsgruppe (social group, social status group). (various references)

Dutch

groep (are, bevy, cluster, collection, good great group, group, heap, herd, pack, set), bevolkingsgroep (social group, social status group). (various references)

Finnish

yhteiskunnallinen asema (position, rank, social standing, status). (various references)

French

standing social. (various references)

German

Gruppe (band, body, bracket, category, class, clique, clump, cluster, contingent, denomination, element group, gang, group, huddle, lot, pack, party, ring, section, set, squad, squadron, team, tern, wing), Bevölkerungsgruppe (community). (various references)

Greek 

κοινωνική ομάδα (social group, social status group), ομάδα (bloc, group, pack, party, squad, team, troop). (various references)

Hungarian

társadalmi rang (class, social standing), társadalmi helyzet (station in life, walk of life), társadalmi állás (social standing, station in life). (various references)

Italian

gruppo sociale (social group, social status group), gruppo (are, band, batch, bevy, bunch, clump, cluster, collection, corps, element group, family, group, heap, herd, knot, lobby, lot, pack, panel, party, set, square, stream, troop, unit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

身分 (social position). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かくしき, みぶ�" (social position). (various references)

Pig Latin

ocialsay atusstay

Portuguese

grupo social (social group, social status group), grupo (bevy, brood, bunch, cluster, collection, committee, crew, crowd, denomination, flock, gang, group, heap, herd, junta, junto, plump, series, team, tribe, troop, troupe). (various references)

Romanian

rang social (degree). (various references)

Spanish

posición social (station). (various references)

Swedish

samhällsställning. (various references)

Misspellings

"Social Status" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: social staus. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: coattails, salacious, tailcoats.

-4 letters: altoists, assaults, casuists, cattails, cattalos, classist, coassist, coattail, cultists, oculists, outcasts, outclass, outlasts, outsails, statical, tailcoat.

-5 letters: altoist, asocial, assails, assault, assoils, astatic, casitas, cassias, casuals, casuist, catalos, cattail, cattalo, causals, citolas, classis, coastal, cultist, cutlass, locusta, locusts, lutists, oculist, outacts, outcast, outlast, outsail, outsits, scotias, socials, solatia, statics.

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