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ascribed status

American  

noun

Sociology.

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

Etymology

Origin of ascribed status

First recorded in 1965–70

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“What is crucial is you must earn your life through meritocracy instead of enjoying an ascribed status based on ancestral position.”

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2020

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

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by Wolf, George D.

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