upward mobility
noun[U]
uk/ˌʌp.wəd məʊˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌʌp.wɚd moʊˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/movementor theabilitytomoveto ahighersocialclass:
Thepostwareconomyprovidedremarkableupwardmobilityfor manyAmericans.
We'd need tobuyless if we couldlearntoacceptlessupwardmobilityandslowergrowth.
See
upwardly mobile
- According to thesebeliefs,individualupwardmobilityis theidealway toachievebetteroutcomes.
- Upwardmobilitydependson astronglocaleconomy.
- Modernengineeringistryingtoofferopportunitiesfor moreupwardmobilitytoemployees.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- pedigreed
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- social climbing
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class