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HIGHER STATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does higher status mean? 

HIGHER STATUS (noun)
  The noun HIGHER STATUS has 1 sense:

1. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer serviceplay

  Familiarity information: HIGHER STATUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGHER STATUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

higher rank; higher status; senior status; seniority

Hypernyms ("higher status" is a kind of...):

high status (a position of superior status)

Attribute:

senior (older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service)

junior (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)


 Context examples 


A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that another person (usually one of higher status) is in love with the individual.

(Erotomanic Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)



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