status hierarchy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstatusandhierarchy
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status
noun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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hierarchy
noun[C]
uk/ˈhaɪə.rɑː.ki/us/ˈhaɪ.rɑːr.ki/
a system in which people or things are arranged according to ...
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(Definition ofstatusandhierarchyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In thestatushierarchyof the modern sciences, the field sciences appear at the ' soft ' end of the spectrum.
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This room was 'superimposed on the previously prevailingstatushierarchyof saloon bar, private bar, and public bar' (p. 158).
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This cyclic progression establishes astatushierarchyto which ideal modes of behavior and authority are related.
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On the level of social organization it interfered with thestatushierarchythat had always defined all human relationships.
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It did not disrupt class hierarchies-at least not in overt ways-and it made no explicit challenge to either domestic patriarchy or thestatushierarchyamong kinswomen that derived from it.
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The former are higher instatushierarchy.
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The individual role-taking in the sheltered housing scheme often accentuated and built on the residents' strengths, thereby reproducing astatushierarchyat the expense of solidarity.
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However,statushierarchyand expectation states theory may also influence close relationships, particularly if the situation is new or unusual.
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They were at the bottom of the militarystatushierarchy: a poorly educated group who could not have made it into the more prestigious units.
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Therefore, it is more that culture influences expectation states/statushierarchyand not the other way around.
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Structural group properties were also examined, including: group leadership orstatushierarchy, group permeability, and group conformity.
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At the apex of thestatushierarchysits the paramount.
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It has its own social structure,statushierarchyand mechanisms of its modification.
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That is, some forms of labour co-operation are purely due to technical necessity, but others are a result of a social control function related to a class andstatushierarchy.
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However, across the project, some difficulties became apparent, for example, in terms of subtle "status hierarchies" emerging between the outside psychologist and the local drug counselor.
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These measures underlined the idea of a basic equality of all villagers, even in their most intimate spheres, which was clearly at odds with established status hierarchies among the inhabitants.
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In general, expectation states theory is meant to explain the way that interpersonal status hierarchies work.
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Humans, in this view, always live in groups and groups always demonstrate status hierarchies.
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Consistency is defined as the degree to which an individuals social rank positions that exist within important status hierarchies are at a comparable level.
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