stratification

Stratification is the dividing of people or things into different groups or layers.

(noun)

When a society becomes rigidly divided along class lines and people of upper classes move further and further away from lower classes, this is an example of social stratification.

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See stratification in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the process of stratifying or the state of being stratified
  2. a stratified arrangement or appearance
  3. Geol. a structure characterized by a succession of tabular layers, beds, strata, etc.

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See stratification in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. Formation or deposition of layers, as of rock or sediments.
    b. The condition of being stratified.
  2. A layered configuration.

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