Origin of upward mobility

First recorded in 1945–50

OTHER WORDS FROM upward mobility

upwardly mobile, adjective

Words nearby upward mobility

British Dictionary definitions for upwardly mobile (1 of 2)

upwardly mobile

adjective

(of a person or social group) moving or aspiring to move to a higher social class or to a position of increased status or power

British Dictionary definitions for upwardly mobile (2 of 2)

upward mobility

noun

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

Cultural definitions for upwardly mobile

upward mobility

Rising from a lower to a higher social class or status. (See also social mobility.)