social hierarchy
Example Sentences
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There was a rigid social hierarchy, and I didn’t fit in anywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Historian Bernard Capp, Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick, explains that hat etiquette once reinforced social hierarchy.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
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
There are only two forms of rebellion I have seen any evidence of and neither of them challenges the vaulting social hierarchy above us.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
