A social system organized around the status of individuals; a social group in which status derives from a person's position or achievement with regard to some aspect of the group's activity.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Negro Education.
Definition of status system in US English:
status system
noun
Social Sciences
A social system organized around the status of individuals; a social group in which status derives from a person's position or achievement with regard to some aspect of the group's activity.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Negro Education.