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ascribed status

noun

, Sociology.
  1. the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, gender, etc.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ascribed status1

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

Social status on this frontier depended more upon achieved status than ascribed status.

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