ascribed status

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noun Sociology.

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

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Compare achieved status.

Origin of ascribed status

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby ascribed status

ascorbate, ascorbic acid, ascospore, ascot, ascribe, ascribed status, ascription, ascriptive, ASCS, ASCU, Asculum

How to use ascribed status in a sentence

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
Nothing,” Klein notes, “was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.
Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck|Michael S. Roth|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But, growing up, he had never ascribed to any kind of religion, always doubting and questioning it.
Beaten By His Church for Being Gay|Justin Jones|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is not, however, the incident in itself that is now referred to, but only the formality ascribed to it in the narrative.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
He evinced the opposite of the temper usually ascribed to the “Shepherd-boy” —a birth-date by Ex.
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Yet he seems not to admit the function ascribed to it, and asserts that it is in many cases wanting.
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And his status is determined rather by his relation to the family than by his relation to the service.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The unusual political status of a city, completely independent of county jurisdiction, was originated at this time also.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey