vertical mobility

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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Vertical mobility is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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vertical mobility
 
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sociol Compare horizontal mobility upward mobility See also downward mobility the movement of individuals or groups to positions in society that involve a change in class, status, and power

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