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"ref": "1971 August 18, Edward C. Fritz (witness), “Statement of Edward C. Fritz, Air Quality Coalition of North Central Texas”, in Public Hearings on Noise Abatement and Control […], volumes III (Urban Planning, Architectural Design; and Noise in the Home), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, published 1973, →OCLC, page 5",
"text": "There are power mowers, which industry and technology are efficiently building noisier and noisier and bigger and bigger. And it seems that the power mower is something that is a status symbol now, and the rate of status depends on the amount of noise that you are able to put out.",
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"ref": "1995, Larry C. Ingram, “What’s in a Name? The Significance of Position”, in The Study of Organizations: Positions, Persons, and Patterns, Westport, Conn., London: Praeger Publishing, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 31",
"text": "In addition to facilitating identification, status symbols have two other functions. First, they act to dignify relationships, to bring a sense of formality or respectability to the situation. [...] Second, status symbols are often important in motivation. One has to be amazed at the time and effort that a high school athlete will invest to earn the right to wear a letter jacket—which his parents will have to purchase in many school districts!",
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"ref": "2015, Jennifer A. Jordan, “A Short History of Heirloom Tomatoes”, in Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes & Other Forgotten Foods, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, page 65",
"text": "It can be a good thing for biodiversity to have a turkey or tomato become a status symbol. [...] [T]he heirloom tomato does not decrease in availability when it becomes a symbol of elite status and good taste.",
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"ref": "2018 June 5, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Vanessa Friedman, Matthew Schneier, “Kate Spade, whose handbags carried women into adulthood, is dead at 55”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-06-06",
"text": "Her [Kate Spade's] name became a shorthand for the cute, clever bags that were an instant hit with cosmopolitan women in the early stages of their careers and, later, young girls – status symbols of a more attainable, all-American sort than a Fendi clutch or Chanel bag.",
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"A visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status."
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"word": "Veblen good"
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"roman": "ramz al-makāna",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
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"masculine"
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"word": "رمز المكانة"
},
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
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"word": "símbol d'estatus"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "社會地位的象徵"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shèhuì dìwèi de xiàngzhēng",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "社会地位的象征"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "身份象徵"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēnfen xiàngzhēng",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "身份象征"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuànfù gōngjù",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "炫富工具"
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "statussymbol"
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "statusa simbolo"
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Statusobjekt"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "סמל סטטוס"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "státusszimbólum"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "stöðutákn"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "status symbol"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "ステータスシンボル"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jiwi sangjing",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "지위 상징"
},
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sembola statûyê"
},
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "statussymbol"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "statussymbol"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "statusni simbol",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "статусни симбол"
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "statussymbol"
},
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "antacutu kuṟiyīṭu",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "அந்தசுது குறியீடு"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "สัญลักษณ์แสดงฐานะ"
}
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"ref": "1971 August 18, Edward C. Fritz (witness), “Statement of Edward C. Fritz, Air Quality Coalition of North Central Texas”, in Public Hearings on Noise Abatement and Control […], volumes III (Urban Planning, Architectural Design; and Noise in the Home), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, published 1973, →OCLC, page 5",
"text": "There are power mowers, which industry and technology are efficiently building noisier and noisier and bigger and bigger. And it seems that the power mower is something that is a status symbol now, and the rate of status depends on the amount of noise that you are able to put out.",
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},
{
"ref": "1995, Larry C. Ingram, “What’s in a Name? The Significance of Position”, in The Study of Organizations: Positions, Persons, and Patterns, Westport, Conn., London: Praeger Publishing, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 31",
"text": "In addition to facilitating identification, status symbols have two other functions. First, they act to dignify relationships, to bring a sense of formality or respectability to the situation. [...] Second, status symbols are often important in motivation. One has to be amazed at the time and effort that a high school athlete will invest to earn the right to wear a letter jacket—which his parents will have to purchase in many school districts!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Jennifer A. Jordan, “A Short History of Heirloom Tomatoes”, in Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes & Other Forgotten Foods, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, page 65",
"text": "It can be a good thing for biodiversity to have a turkey or tomato become a status symbol. [...] [T]he heirloom tomato does not decrease in availability when it becomes a symbol of elite status and good taste.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 June 5, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Vanessa Friedman, Matthew Schneier, “Kate Spade, whose handbags carried women into adulthood, is dead at 55”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-06-06",
"text": "Her [Kate Spade's] name became a shorthand for the cute, clever bags that were an instant hit with cosmopolitan women in the early stages of their careers and, later, young girls – status symbols of a more attainable, all-American sort than a Fendi clutch or Chanel bag.",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ramz al-makāna",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "رمز المكانة"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "símbol d'estatus"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "社會地位的象徵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shèhuì dìwèi de xiàngzhēng",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "社会地位的象征"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "身份象徵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēnfen xiàngzhēng",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "身份象征"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuànfù gōngjù",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "炫富工具"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "statussymbol"
},
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "statussymbol"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "statusa simbolo"
},
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "statussymboli"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Statussymbol"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Statusobjekt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "סמל סטטוס"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "státusszimbólum"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stöðutákn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "status symbol"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "ステータスシンボル"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jiwi sangjing",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "지위 상징"
},
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sembola statûyê"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "statussymbol"
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"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
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"word": "statussymbol"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "statusni simbol",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "статусни симбол"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "statussymbol"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "antacutu kuṟiyīṭu",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "அந்தசுது குறியீடு"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status",
"word": "สัญลักษณ์แสดงฐานะ"
}
],
"word": "status symbol"
}
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