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

Translations

degree to which social status can change

• Chinese:

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

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• Finnish: sosiaalinen liikkuvuus
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: sociálna mobilita