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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
down′ward mobil′ity. 
  1. SociologySee under vertical mobility (def. 1).
down′wardly mo′bile. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ver′tical mobil′ity, [Sociol.]
  1. Sociologymovement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility), as by changing jobs or marrying.
  2. Sociologycultural 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. Cf. horizontal mobility. 

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