English Explanatory Dictionary

status group

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

status group status groups

Etymology

Introduced by German sociologist Max Weber as Stand.

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