status symbol
noun
: something (such as an expensive car) that a person owns and that shows wealth or a high social status
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Its relative ease and rewards are a status symbol afforded by a wealthy class.
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Sable Yong, Allure, 10 June 2025
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The trend is similar to a luxury brand, Widener University’s Steinman said.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
With green activist Musk at the helm, the brand overtook the Toyota Prius as a moral status symbol with its affluent customer base receiving controversial government tax credits.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
During the era of the former Prince Regent, colour was used as a status symbol and the decadent colour scheme employed by his interior designers– from opulent gold to aristocratic purple–was a status symbol used by the aristocracy to signify wealth and good taste.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Sable Yong, Allure, 10 June 2025
Related article From $85 tomato leaf soap to $2,300 Hellmann’s mayo handbags, everyday food is now a status symbol
The trend is similar to a luxury brand, Widener University’s Steinman said.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
With green activist Musk at the helm, the brand overtook the Toyota Prius as a moral status symbol with its affluent customer base receiving controversial government tax credits.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
During the era of the former Prince Regent, colour was used as a status symbol and the decadent colour scheme employed by his interior designers– from opulent gold to aristocratic purple–was a status symbol used by the aristocracy to signify wealth and good taste.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for status symbol
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“Status symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20symbol. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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