social stratum
Hierarchical population segment
A social stratum is a layer or level within a hierarchical society, distinguished by factors like wealth, education, occupation, or birth.
The term borrows from geology, where strata are distinct layers of rock.
People within the same social stratum typically share similar economic circumstances and cultural patterns: She moved between social strata with ease.
Plural: social strata.
- professionTrained occupational field
- middle classIntermediate socioeconomic group
- white collarOffice worker category
- literacyAbility to read, write
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
born into · poverty · class divide · laborer · blue-collar · higher education · ethnicity · underprivileged · minority group · old money · tradesperson · silver spoon · inequality · glass ceiling · pecking order · caste · tribe · academic achievement
social stratumsocial mobility
Movement between societal strata
classlessness · meritocracy · open society · upward mobility
social stratumclassless society
System without social strata
egalitarianism · social equality · egalitarian society · meritocracy · social mobility
social stratumupper class
Wealthiest societal stratum
lower class · elite · underclass · aristocracy · peasantry
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