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What is an ascribed status?

What is an ascribed status? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (sociology) The social status that a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.
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Social status on this frontier depended more upon achieved status than ascribed status.
The system of social stratification emphasized ascribed status but also permitted considerable vertical mobility.
Discrimination: Treating an actor poorly based on achieved or ascribed status or apparent membership in a low-status group.

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