Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

status group

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: sta-tus -group
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of people within a society who can be differentiated by non-economic qualities such as honor, prestige, ethnicity, race, and religion.

Example Sentences

"Mainstream society functions as a macro status group, with the core status beliefs centered on the varieties of capital outlined in the previous section. Alternative status groups believe in criteria outside of traditional capital."

Etymology

Introduced by German sociologist Max Weber as Stand.

Inflected Forms

status groups (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

social class

Questions

What does status group mean?: A group of people within a society who can be differentiated by non-economic qualities such as honor, prestige, ethnicity, race, and religion.
Where does status group come from?: Introduced by German sociologist Max Weber as Stand.

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