ascribed status
noun1
Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.
- Older societies built their hierarchies on ascribed status, where individuals received their social ranking based on predetermined criteria, such as age, ethnic group, occupation, and gender.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
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- born to the purple, brat, nepo baby, nepotism baby, rich kid, silver spoon, to the manner born, trust fund baby, trust-funder