stratified society

collocation in English

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stratify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈstræt.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈstræt̬.ə.faɪ/
to arrange the different parts of something in separate layers ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofstratifyandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All such factors are crucially important to understanding human relations in a region known for its extremelystratifiedsociety.
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So the fauna appear to have a curiouslystratifiedsociety, about which as time goes on we shall know more.
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We have become a less distinctive andstratifiedsocietysince the war.
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We have astratifiedsociety.
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Several other commentators have stated that the books present a highlystratifiedsocietyincluding many social stereotypes.
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An argument used in defense of conscription is that it serves to intermingle an otherwisestratifiedsociety.
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In a highlystratifiedsociety, the small families in the same patrilineage had different socio-economic positions, which can translate intocomplications for the kinship system.
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And in stratified societies under governing elites, the application of ' powerknowledge ' through monopoly of literate skills, religious and political sanctions was nothing new.
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This complex,stratifiedsocietydepended on the cultivation of maize, beans and squashcrops which, in addition to game and fish, supported a dense population in a number of settlements.
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Other comparisons made in relation to aggression or war include democratic versus authoritarian political systems and egalitarian versus stratified societies.
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Early states were characterized by highly stratified societies, with a privileged and wealthy ruling class that was subordinate to a monarch.
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More or less similar structural patterns, variably referred to as status lineages, conical clans, or house societies, have been identified for a wide range of moderately stratified societies.
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