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
Eckhardt who specialises in consumer behaviour, branding and consumer culture, adds that luxury brands communicate a "person's place in a social hierarchy".
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 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
After slavery, she continues, color persisted as the most obvious and so the most important criterion for establishing a social hierarchy in black society.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
