social differentiation

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. the distinction made between social groups and persons on the basis of biological, physiological, and sociocultural factors, as sex, age, or ethnicity, resulting in the assignment of roles and status within a society.

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social differentiation

"But the fact that we do have different sizes it you know it begs the question if there is some social differentiation sitting behind that," he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

Evidence from the few discovered burial sites dating to around 2000 BCE supports the suggestion that wealth contributed to social differentiation even then.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Increasing exchange between Neolithic cultures and the prominence of war may also have led to greater social differentiation.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

How far, then, must the social differentiation have gone to warrant the assertion that the second prerequisite is an accomplished fact?

From Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 by Leon Davidovich Trotzky

Granted the fact of social differentiation and the necessity of its recognition, how are we to break down the wholly wrong system that now obtains and substitute another in its place?

From Towards the Great Peace by Ralph Adams Cram