social status

English

Noun

social status (countable and uncountable, plural social statuses)

1. (sociology) One's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.

Synonyms

• social standing, social station

Hyponyms

• achieved status
• ascribed status

Coordinate terms

• social class

Translations

honor or prestige attached to one's position in society

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會地位 (zh), 社会地位 (zh) (shèhuì dìwèi)

• Finnish: sosiaalinen status
• French: statut social m
• German: sozialer Status m
• Hebrew: מעמד חברתי‎ m (ma'amád chevratí)
• Polish: status społeczny m, pozycja społeczna f
• Romanian: statut social (ro) n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: สถานภาพทางสังคม