achieved status

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noun Sociology.

the social position a person gains as a result of personal effort.

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Compare ascribed status.

Origin of achieved status

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby achieved status

Acheson, Acheulean, Acheulian, à cheval, achieve, achieved status, achievement, achievement age, achievement quotient, achievement test, achilary

How to use achieved status in a sentence

And, as Gow adds wryly from his own personal experience, “To a huge extent they achieved that aim very well.”
‘Nazi Cows’ Tried to Kill British Farmer|Tom Sykes|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This was achieved only by a relentless program of technical advances.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When the problem is already political, when the intolerable situation is the status quo?
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Defenders of the status quo claim the old rules protect consumers.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB?|Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But when she called back, Brinsley was determined to tall her about his minted screenwriter status.
Alleged Cop Killer’s Blood-Soaked Screenplay|M.L. Nestel|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Impersonation may be more easily achieved intellectually, requiring only keen observation and the power of imitation.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Such are the things achieved at home; let us now consider what has been done elsewhere.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
He achieved his highest fame from his connection with the revision of the statutes of New York.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The short hours achieved with acclamation to-day will later be denounced as the long hours of to-morrow.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock