Definition of Social stratification

1. Noun. The condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group.

Exact synonyms: Stratification
Generic synonyms: Condition
Derivative terms: Stratify, Stratify

Definition of Social stratification

1. Noun. (sociology) The hierarchical arrangement of social classes or castes within a society. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Stratification

social sciences
social scientist
social season
social secretary
social security
social security number
social security numbers
social service
social skills
social smoker
social station
social status
social statuses
social stigma
social stigmas
social stratification (current term)
social structure
social studies
social support
social system
social therapy
social trading
social unit
social values
social welfare
social work
social worker
social workers
socialisation
socialise

Literary usage of Social stratification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"social stratification Section 1. Differences of wages which serve to equalize attractiveness of ... Inequalities of inborn pits and social stratification. ..."

2. Socioeconomic Renovation in Viet Nam: The Origin, Evolution, and Impact of by Peter Boothroyd, Xuân Nam Phạm (2000)
"social stratification, hunger eradication, and poverty alleviation According to Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Max Weber (1864-1920), presumably "the two giants ..."

3. Socioeconomic Renovation in Viet Nam: The Origin, Evolution, and Impact of by Peter Boothroyd, Xuân Nam Phạm (2000)
"social stratification, hunger eradication, and poverty alleviation According to Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Max Weber (1864-1920), presumably "the two giants ..."

4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"social stratification § 1. Wages are commonly thought of as a separate and clearly distinguished form of remuneration, appearing when one man is hired to ..."

5. An Introduction to Social Ethics: The Social Conscience in a Democracy by John Moffatt Mecklin (1920)
"... the responsibilities of the property-owner are fast undergoing an ethical transformation. § 7. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND social stratification ..."

6. The Public Domain and Democracy: A Study of Social, Economic and Political by Robert Tudor Hill (1910)
"... however, lies in the fact that it has delayed the possibility of social stratification. Social structures could not become fixed under such conditions. ..."

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