"ascribed status" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ascribed statuses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ascribed status (plural ascribed statuses)
  1. (sociology) The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life. Wikipedia link: ascribed status Categories (topical): Sociology Translations (the social status given from birth): zugeschriebener Status [masculine] (German), status atribuído [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ascribed_status-en-noun-csFCmbrl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

Inflected forms

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