social mobility

English

Noun

social mobility

1. (sociology) The degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification.

Related terms

• economic mobility
• social climber
• social ladder
• upwardly mobile
• upward mobility

 

Translations

degree to which social status can change

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會流動／社会流动 (shèhuì liúdòng)

• Dutch: sociale mobiliteit f
• Finnish: sosiaalinen liikkuvuus
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: soziale Mobilität f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: mobilidade social (pt) f
• Russian: социа́льная моби́льность (ru) f (sociálʹnaja mobílʹnostʹ)
• Slovak: sociálna mobilita
• Spanish: movilidad social f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: di động xã hội

See also

• corporate ladder