SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social stratification mean? 

• SOCIAL STRATIFICATION (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL STRATIFICATION has 1 sense:

1. the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL STRATIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

social stratification; stratification

Hypernyms ("social stratification" is a kind of...):

condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)