downward mobility

British  

noun

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

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downward mobility

"There's not only no upward mobility to start with, but even downward mobility ends with death."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

Opting out is an increasingly popular way for younger workers to cope with a time of downward mobility, said Beverly Yuen Thompson, a sociology professor at Siena College in Albany, New York.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Instead, they have suffered the grind of a country grappling with impossible debts and downward mobility.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2022

What says downward mobility more than a couch in a yard?

From Salon ● May 6, 2022

Double Dutch jump rope rarely gets its due in drama, but the game inspires a touching moment in “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,” Lynn Nottage’s satire about upward and downward mobility in contemporary America.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2019

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