social mobility

noun

social mobility

noun
1

Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology The degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification.

Related terms
economic mobility, social climber, social ladder, upwardly mobile, upward mobility, corporate ladder

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