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Wiktionary

  1. n. sociology The honor or prestige attached to one's position in society.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. position in a social hierarchy

Examples

  • “That is why we embrace this partnership and cooperative team spirit of understanding the significance of how this RAMSI is going to continue to progress and move forward the status, both political status, economical status and social status of this country.”

    Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs

  • “The lay jurists possessed no formal authority and received no remuneration for their services, but by virtue of their high social status and personal prestige as experts, eventually superseded the pontiffs as inter - preters of secular law.”

    LEGAL PRECEDENT

  • “It had become the subject of gossip and glib jokes, but parents keen about their social status often used the Potter Affair as a threat to keep their sons and daughters within the confines of good behavior.”

    Simon & Schuster: Olivia

  • “Innovativeness is a continuous variable, and partitioning it into discrete categories is a conceptual device, much like dividing the continuum of social status into upper, middle, and lower classes.”

    Simon & Schuster: Diffusion of Innovations

  • “In order to help a child improve and enhance his social status and become a more attractive social partner, help him to develop the traits and strategies listed in the Frostig research.”

    Simon & Schuster: It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend

  • “Those in authority do as they please, for laws are scarce, and when present, often turn out to be differently applied, depending on the economic or social status of the accused—”

    Simon & Schuster: Antony and Cleopatra

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