status symbol

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status symbol

  • /ˈsteɪtəs ˈsɪmbəl/ UK
  • /ˈsteɪtəs ˈsɪmbəl/ US
  • /ˈstæ-/ US
  • [-ɾəs] US

noun status symbols

  1. A visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status. There are power mowers, which industry and technology are efficiently building noisier and noisier and bigger and bigger. And it seems that the power mower is something that is a status symbol now, and the rate of status depends on the amount of noise that you are able to put out.

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noun visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status

한국어지위 상징 jiwi sangjing
日本語ステータスシンボル
中文社會地位的象徵 /社会地位的象征 shèhuì dìwèi de xiàngzhēng, 身份象徵 /身份象征 shēnfen xiàngzhēng, 炫富工具 xuànfù gōngjù
DeutschStatussymbol, Statusobjekt
Italianostatus symbol
العربيةرمز المكانة ramz al-makāna
עבריתסמל סטטוס

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@misc{status_symbol_2026,
  title = {status symbol},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/status%20symbol},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}