status system
chiefly Social Sciences
noun
A social system organized around the status of individuals; a social group in which status derives from a person's position or achievement with regard to some aspect of the group's activity.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Negro Education.
- World Bank
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- world-beater
- world-beating
- world car
- world city
- world-class
- World Council of Churches
- world court
- World Cup
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- world-end
- world English
- world fair
- world-famous
- World Federation of Trade Unions
- world flight
- worldful
- worldfull
- world ground
- World Health Organization
- World Heritage Site
- world-historic
- world-historical
- world history