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SOCIAL RANK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does social rank mean?
• SOCIAL RANK (noun)
The noun SOCIAL RANK has 1 sense:
1. position in a social hierarchy
Familiarity information: SOCIAL RANK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Position in a social hierarchy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
rank; social rank; social station; social status
Context example:
the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
Hypernyms ("social rank" is a kind of...):
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social rank"):
place; station (proper or designated social situation)
quality (high social status)
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