upwardly mobile
Adjective
Meaning
upwardly mobile (comparative more upwardly mobile, superlative most upwardly mobile)
Likely to advance in economic or social standing.
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Examples
Internet porn makes everything more reasonable -- once you've realized there is a massive subculture of upwardly mobile people who think it's erotic to see an Asian woman giving a hand job to a javelina, nothing else in the world seems crazy.
Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.
I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.
Look out world take a good look What comes down here You must learn this lesson fast And learn it well This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway Oh no, this is the road to Hell.
In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile.
“Upwardly mobile cisgender white men can get inspiration anywhere,” the artist says.