upward mobility

upwardly mobile | Business English

upwardly mobile
adjective
ukus
someone who is upwardly mobile is moving or has moved into a higher social position, usually because they are earning more money:
These top-of-the-range models are targeted at young upwardly mobile professionals.

upward mobility

noun[ U ]
If you work hard, there is a chance of upward mobility.

Examples of upwardly mobile

upwardly mobile
A very substantial class of upwardlymobile and increasingly wealthy farmers became a part of the social and political landscape.
However, despite their negative characterizations of the wealthy, both novelists show the upwardly mobile lower-class woman ultimately placed with a man who represents wealth.
But there is strong evidence indicating that the upwardlymobile have adopted the sociability patterns of the class into which they moved.
Rather, they tended to be people of the middle class : upwardlymobile and determined to stay that way.
Finally, the cooperative approach was criticised by upwardlymobile elements in the farming community.
He was also (inexorably) upwardlymobile, an important factor in his motivation for reading.
Recent economic policies may have undercut the 'domestic' aspirations of the women of hitherto more secure and upwardlymobile working classes.
The marriage patterns of these nine women, however, suggest that single daughters had a better chance of being upwardlymobile.
Its privileges were especially felt in advancing segments of the middle classes, setting a novel agenda for upwardlymobile professionals and the younger generation.
The tendency of upwardlymobile members of a downtrodden class to disassociate from that class can be found within many contexts.
She argues that dowry is often 'a social statement for the upwardlymobile classes'.
Their histories show them to be conscious actors in their choices, in pursuit of education, upwardlymobile, fashion-conscious, and capable of acting independently of the wishes of their families.
They appeal as well to the upwardlymobile middle class and especially to the commercial bourgeoisie or those aspiring (often without success) to join their ranks.
These contradictions are often embodied in the illnesses of young upwardlymobile members of society - often women - who have chosen to opt into the urban wage-labour economy.
It is assumed that families acted purposefully in order to cope, survive or become upwardlymobile, within the opportunities and constraints of their immediate surroundings and the larger macro-historical setting.
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