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status symbol

Syllables: sta·tus sym·bol/ˈsteɪtəs ˈsɪmbəl//ˈsteɪtəs ˈsɪmbəl/

status symbol noun: a visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status.

status symbol: a visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
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Noun

status symbol (plural status symbols)

  1. A visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status.
    • There are power mowers, which industry and technology are efficiently building noisier and noisier and bigger and bigger. And it seems that the power mower is something that is a status symbol now, and the rate of status depends on the amount of noise that you are able to put out.1971 August 18, Edward C. Fritz (witness), “Statement of Edward C. Fritz, Air Quality Coalition of North Central Texas”, in Public Hearings on Noise Abatement and Control […], volumes III (Urban...
    • In addition to facilitating identification, status symbols have two other functions. First, they act to dignify relationships, to bring a sense of formality or respectability to the situation. [...] Second, status symbols are often important in motivation. One has to be amazed at the time and...1995, Larry C. Ingram, “What’s in a Name? The Significance of Position”, in The Study of Organizations: Positions, Persons, and Patterns, Westport, Conn.; London: Praeger Publishing, Greenwood...

status symbol meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Thai

status symbol in Tamil

visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
அந்தசுது குறியீடு antacutu kuṟiyīṭu

status symbol in Kannada

ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾ ಸಂಕೇತ, ಗಣ್ಯತೆಯ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ

status symbol in Arabic

visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
رمز المكانة ramz al-makāna

status symbol in Thai

visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
สัญลักษณ์แสดงฐานะ

Forms of status symbol

pluralstatus symbols

Questions about status symbol

What does status symbol mean?
Status symbol means a visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status.
What is status symbol in Tamil?
Status symbol in Tamil is அந்தசுது குறியீடு (antacutu kuṟiyīṭu). See Status symbol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is status symbol?
Status symbol is a noun.
How do you pronounce status symbol?
Status symbol is pronounced /ˈsteɪtəs ˈsɪmbəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of status symbol?
The plural of status symbol is status symbols.

Words near status symbol in the dictionary

  1. status rectus
  2. status report
  3. status reports
  4. status strip
  5. status strips
  6. status symbol
  7. status symbols
  8. status zer0
  9. status zero
  10. statuses
  11. statuses quo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: status symbol (page history and authors); status symbol (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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