hypergamy
(ɪˈpɜr gə mi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
marriage to a person of a social status higher than one's own; orig., esp. in India, the custom of allowing a woman to marry only into her own or a higher social group.
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superordinate
(superordinate)
Princeton's WordNet
of higher rank or status or value
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rising
(rising)
Princeton's WordNet
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
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promotion system
(promotion system)
Princeton's WordNet
a system for advancing participants to higher-status positions
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comeback
(ˈkʌmˌbæk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a return to the higher status, prosperity, or success of a former time.
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ascent
(əˈsɛnt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement.
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arriviste
(upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste)
Princeton's WordNet
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
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parvenu
(upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste)
Princeton's WordNet
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
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upstart
(upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste)
Princeton's WordNet
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
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nouveau-riche
(upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste)
Princeton's WordNet
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
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inflationary spiral
(ɪnˈfleɪ ʃəˌnɛr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cycle of worsening inflation as higher prices result in higher wages, increasing costs and resulting in still higher prices.
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status in quo
Webster Dictionary
alt. of Status quo
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brevet
(brevet)
Princeton's WordNet
a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
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civil death
(civil death)
Princeton's WordNet
the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment
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electorship
Webster Dictionary
the office or status of an elector
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pecking order
(ˈpɛk ərˌwʊd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, peck order. a dominance hierarchy of domestic poultry in which each bird's status is maintained by pecking a bird of lower status.
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status symbol
(ʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be determined, esp. something that indicates high social status or great affluence.
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above
Webster Dictionary
in or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath
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earldom
Webster Dictionary
the status, title, or dignity of an earl
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upwards
Webster Dictionary
in a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward
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above
Webster Dictionary
figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach
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alienism
Webster Dictionary
the status or legal condition of an alien; alienage
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station
Webster Dictionary
state; rank; condition of life; social status
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up
Webster Dictionary
from a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of
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disbar
Webster Dictionary
to expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such
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para-
(əˈrɑ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph), “beyond, past, by” (paradox); by extension designating objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia). As an English prefix, para-1 is also productive in the naming of occupational roles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higher status:
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supernal
Webster Dictionary
being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions
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citizen
Webster Dictionary
one who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country
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lift
Webster Dictionary
to move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden
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dischurch
Webster Dictionary
to deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church
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