downward mobility

noun

1. See vertical mobility, horizontal mobility, upward mobility
   sociol the movement of an individual, social group, or class to a lower status Compare upward mobility See also horizontal mobility vertical mobility

Example Sentences

I like this study because it builds on research done in 2011 which looked at what factors encouraged downward mobility.

From The Daily Beast

So it would seem that President Obama and his family are experiencing downward mobility.

From The Daily Beast

For them, after all, one of the tragedies of downward mobility is the way it undermines the traditional family.

From The Daily Beast

The gentry society was, therefore, a comparably stable society with little upward social mobility but with some downward mobility.

From Project Gutenberg