downward mobility

downward mobility

noun
See under vertical mobility (def. 1).
downwardly mobile, adjective, noun

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Downward mobility is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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vertical mobility

noun Sociology.
1.
movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility), as by changing jobs or marrying.
2.
cultural diffusion from one social level to another, as the adoption by one economic class of the fashions current or formerly current in a higher class.
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downward mobility
 
n
sociol Compare upward mobility horizontal mobility See also vertical mobility the movement of an individual, social group, or class to a lower status

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