social stratification
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At Amnya, her team also noted a possible sign of social stratification, another development often linked to agriculture: a cluster of houses that sat, undefended, outside the palisade.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023
The bill defined caste as "an individual’s perceived position in a system of social stratification on the basis of inherited status."
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2023
The groups that followed and lived off them practiced a seminomadic lifestyle requiring relatively few belongings; thus, their culture had far less social stratification than existed in the Pacific Northwest.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
There, archaeologists found a variety of homes made of beach rock and lime mortar, ranging from cramped quarters to more sprawling homes with courtyards, suggesting a social stratification, Power said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023
It also took several centuries for Yayoi Japan to exhibit the first signs of social stratification, as reflected especially in cemeteries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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