stratification

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
noun the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
noun forming or depositing in layers

From stratum + -ification.

Of this stratification the savages had availed themselves to accomplish their treacherous ends. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
Here on the north flank of the mountain are two thousand feet of stratifications. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson
Dostoevsky seems to establish in the human soul--or simply recognizes as already existing--a kind of stratification. — Dostoevsky, André Gide

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