upward mobility
sociol the movement of an individual, social group, or class to a position of increased status or power: Compare downward mobility See also horizontal mobility, vertical mobility
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How to use upward mobility in a sentence
Their clear priorities : faster economic growth and promoting upward mobility for the middle and working classes.
Constitutional arguments aside, there do seem to be some better ways to create conditions for upward mobility among newcomers.
Legal but Still Poor: The Economic Consequences of Amnesty | Joel Kotkin | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis suggests that the issue of restoring upward mobility has more widespread resonance than a more narrow race-based approach.
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election | Joel Kotkin | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis reaffirmed previous work by the Progressive Policy Institute arguing that car ownership plants the seeds for upward mobility.
And comes to believe not only in love but in upward mobility and being legitimate and leaving this life of crime far behind.
Kentucky’s Finest Antihero: Walton Goggins on Justified’s Chameleon Villain | Allen Barra | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Many of its top citizenry had reached their positions by hard work applied to opportunities for upward mobility.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. | S. A. Reilly
Cultural definitions for upward mobility
Rising from a lower to a higher social class or status. (See also social mobility.)
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