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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 hierarchyplay

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL RANK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOCIAL RANK (noun)


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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