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HIGHER STATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does higher status mean?
• HIGHER STATUS (noun)
The noun HIGHER STATUS has 1 sense:
1. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
Familiarity information: HIGHER STATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
higher rank; higher status; senior status; seniority
Hypernyms ("higher status" is a kind of...):
high status (a position of superior status)
Attribute:
senior (older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service)
junior (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)
Context examples
A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that another person (usually one of higher status) is in love with the individual.
(Erotomanic Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
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