social rank
Example Sentences
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It proposes to address hierarchical orders, social rank, slavery, colonialism, expropriation and the interweaving of mind and body, matter and spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
An individually tailored wig by a good maker was a signal of wealth and social rank and could cost the equivalent of thousands of pounds today.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021
One prominent example, roughly analogous to caste or social status, relates to "social rank" among hyena societies.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021
Bound by the spirit of Christian love, he explained, no man’s personal interests should overrule the needs of others, so social rank must support the greater goals of God’s service and the common good.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Luckily for the circus trainer, decisions about social rank among higher animals are not always based on brute force.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
