achieved statuses
achieved statuses is the plural of achieved status.
Meaning of achieved status
Noun
achieved status (plural achieved statuses)
- A person's social status that is acquired, such as being an Olympic athlete, being a criminal, or being a college professor.
- The modern ideal is to organize society as a system of achieved status, where a higher position is based on personal achievements rather than immutable characteristics.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN
Questions about achieved statuses
- What is achieved statuses the plural of?
- Achieved statuses is the plural of achieved status.
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