stratification
Other forms: stratifications
Stratification means arranging something, or something that has been arranged, into categories. By the time you figure out the complex social stratification of your high school class, from jocks to nerds and everything between, you’re ready to graduate.
Stratification is a system or formation of layers, classes, or categories. Stratification is used to describe a particular way of arranging seeds while planting, as well as the geological layers of rocks. But like so many science words, somehow it’s not content to stay in the scientific realm, and must also have a place in the social sphere, where its job is to categorize and arrange people into groups: upper, middle, and lower classes, for example.
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forming or depositing in layerstypes:foliation(geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rocktype of:geologic process, geological process(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
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a layered configurationtype of:configuration, conformation, contour, form, shapeany spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
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the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germinationtype of:emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioningthe act of putting something in a certain place
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the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social stratatype of:assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalizationthe act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a groupsynonyms: social stratificationtype of:conditiona mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
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Vocabulary lists containing stratification
President Obama delivered his farewell address on January 10, 2017. The speech detailed what President Obama holds to be the core components that make up American democracy and outlined what he considers to be the continuing threats, located both home and abroad. It was also a speech rich in gratitude, both personal and professional, as President Obama prepares to leave office on January 20, 2017. Here are 28 vocabulary words from the speech.
Drawing on both historical and scientific research, this book traces the evolution of human beings over tens of thousands of years.