social hierarchy
Example Sentences
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It becomes “a tool to insert yourself on the social hierarchy and compare yourself to other people, trying to perform for other people, to get the attention of other people.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025
Watching them spar vocally as Elphaba and Glinda is a joy, as they navigate their loathing-filled relationship and its impact on the social hierarchy at Shiz University.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025
The idea being that caste is a social hierarchy that determines power and status.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, as described by the magazine in 1975, had "a dusty, crowded cow-dung splattered bazaar, small stucco houses and a social hierarchy as rigid and fierce as the summer heat".
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
It was no longer so easy to guess a person’s place in the social hierarchy by his race or religion or possessions.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
