ascribed status

English

Noun

ascribed status (plural ascribed statuses)

1. (sociology) The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.

   Coordinate term: achieved status

   • 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:

     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.

Translations

the social status given from birth

• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: zugeschriebener Status m
• Portuguese: status atribuído m