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ascribed statuses

ascribed statuses is the plural of ascribed status.

Meaning of ascribed status

Noun

ascribed status (plural ascribed statuses)

  1. The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.
    • 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.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN

Questions about ascribed statuses

What is ascribed statuses the plural of?
Ascribed statuses is the plural of ascribed status.

Words near ascribed statuses in the dictionary

  1. Ascrans
  2. ascribable
  3. ascribe
  4. ascribed
  5. ascribed status
  6. ascribed statuses
  7. ascribes
  8. ascribeth
  9. ascribing
  10. ascription
  11. ascriptions

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