ascribed status
English
editNoun
editascribed status (plural ascribed statuses)
- (sociology) The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.
- Coordinate term: achieved status
- 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
- 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.
Translations
editthe social status given from birth
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