social status
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈsoʊʃəl ˈsteɪtəs/
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posición social
- In the parents' eyes, a married woman possesses a higher social status than a single one.
- low social status
- high social status
- economic and social status
They lose their job, they go to jail, they lose social status, they lose money.
- They lose their job, they go to jail, they lose social status, they lose money.
- It allows them to collaborate with outsiders and thus attain social status over their own group.
- It I think is a proxy for social status.
- And yes, your social status will matter greatly in their pursuit of you.
- We're sort of encouraged to seek those out through material possessions or social status.
- They're taking those bags and clothes as a sense of identity and social status.
- We don't have a lot of bathtubs in India because it's not about me, it's about showing social status to others who come to my living room.
- They measure success by more money and a larger house and a faster car and more social status.
- But but also there is this time where kids do start to get their identity, their social status.
- Advertising now goes from simply listing products in newspapers to companies selling dreams of social status, happiness, power, sex.
- So all of these things are working as stresses, low social status, lack of friends or social networks, stress in early childhood.
Examples
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In addition, both boys and girls stated that bullies had a higher social status than victims did.
Academic text (2008) -
Research on the relationship between social status and health has repeatedly demonstrated a positive correlation between them.
Academic text (2012) -
So he wanted social status and Facebook was his key to that.
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So how do they treat people who have, let's say, less social status than they do?
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But social status is preferred by women and men in every known culture.
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They lose their job, they go to jail, they lose social status, they lose money.
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At times, it is a conscious or unconscious attempt to acquire social status.
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Anne Boleyn had always looked for a good marriage, because marriage is a way towards social status for women.
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In the novel, a woman's condition depends on her citizenship, education, and social status.
Academic text (2017) -
In the parents' eyes, a married woman possesses a higher social status than a single one.
Synonyms
957
3.2
A person's job or rank in a group like a company
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2.7
A person's social or professional position compared with others
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3.2
A position in a group that shows someone's status or authority
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6.3
A person's social rank or place in society
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3.0
A group of people with similar money, jobs, or education
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3.7
A group of people with similar income, job and education levels
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6.6
A person's place in a community based on wealth or rank
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3.8
A person's position in society based on wealth, family, or job
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'social' (relating to society or community) modifies 'status' (a person's level or standing), yielding the idea of a person's position in a social hierarchy. This noun-noun combination is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Social status comes from a simple picture: imagine people standing on different steps or levels, where social means 'in society' and status means 'standing' or place. So social status today means 'a person's position or rank in society'.