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achieved status

noun

, Sociology.
  1. the social position a person gains as a result of personal effort.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of achieved status1

First recorded in 1960–65

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Example Sentences

Social status on this frontier depended more upon achieved status than ascribed status.

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