stratum
2
7.8
- noun
- /ˈstrætəm/
- Specialized
:
estrato social
- Our patient was a middle-aged woman from a moderate socioeconomic stratum.
- a social stratum
- lower stratum
- socioeconomic stratum
So I like the trajectory of women from any strata, I guess.
- So I like the trajectory of women from any strata, I guess.
- But just that even then, you know, there was people that were kind of a strata above my crew.
- And so some strata of society just stays at like the, that they're not reaching for more.
- No, actually leaders, no, actually it all social strata really has chopped.
- I think this would be a nice framing actually, as you move up through the kickoffosphere of different social strata.
Examples
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There always was a stratum—landowners, prosperous people—who had high expectations of the system.
Academic text (1994) -
In recent years, ethnicity, social stratum, and occupational identities have become intertwined, but nonetheless remain distinct.
Academic text (1992) -
But class or social stratum identity is now becoming blurred as well.
Academic text (1992) -
In the first place, "education" encompasses more than just a social stratum to be addressed by policy.
Academic text (1992) -
There is little reason to think that Christians, who represented every available social, economic, and educational stratum, were an exception in this regard.
Academic text (2006) -
Smiths use the system of role relations, based on social stratum and kinship, and do so with considerable sophistication.
Academic text (1993) -
Only one of the writers, the baker's wife Boukje Posthuma, was from a lower social stratum.
Academic text (1995) -
The most numerous in this lowest stratum were the agriculturalists (coloni) who worked the land as sharecroppers.
Academic text (1993) -
The emergence of a substantial bourgeoisie possessing autonomous sources of wealth constituted a social stratum intrinsically concerned with the limitation of state prerogatives.
Academic text (1992) -
In the study of society, researchers often divide people into different stratum based on their educational backgrounds.
Synonyms
∞
1.8
A group of people or things with a shared quality
95
6.3
A person's social rank or place in society
23
7.7
A level of people in a company or organization
11
3.0
A group of people with similar money, jobs, or education
1
3.7
A group of people with similar income, job and education levels
1
3.8
A person's position in society based on wealth, family, or job
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin, clear layer of skin in the palms and soles between outer and inner layers
- Specialized
A layer of elastic fibers in tissues like skin or blood vessels that helps them stretch and return to shape
- Specialized
A thin layer of skin under the outer layer made of dying cells with visible granules
How High
258
4.7
15
3.4
- Specialized
2
7.8
516
2.0
69
2.8
- Specialized
19
5.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stratum comes from Latin stratum, from sternere which means 'to spread'. Think of society as a cake with layers: each 'stratum' is one layer of people with the same status, which is why we use the word for social levels.