social hierarchy
Example Sentences
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Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund, is famous for striving to institutionalize “radical honesty” over social hierarchy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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
"New arrivals usually start at the bottom of the social hierarchy," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
Season 1 of "Gen V" unrolls similarly, with that previously cited incident upending the social hierarchy and thrusting Marie to the top of the campus heap.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2023
The hood was a complete sensory overload for me, but within the chaos there was order, a system, a social hierarchy based on where you lived.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
