Status symbol
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
A status symbol is a perceived visible, external denotation of one's social position and perceived indicator of economic or social status. Many luxury goods are often considered status symbols. Status symbol is also a sociological term – as part of social and sociological symbolic interactionism – relating to how individuals and groups interact and interpret various cultural symbols.
[edit]
See also
- Badge of shame
- Conspicuous consumption
- Narcissistic supply
- Positional good
- Social stratification
- Veblen good
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Status symbol" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
