"social climber" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social climbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} social climber (plural social climbers)
  1. (derogatory) One who tries to improve his or her social standing, especially by means of obsequious behaviour. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People Related terms: social ladder, social mobility, corporate ladder, economic mobility, monkey-branch, upwardly mobile, upward mobility Translations (one who tries to improve his or her social position): karrieremager [common-gender] (Danish), stræber [common-gender] (Danish), pyrkyri (Finnish), kiipijä (Finnish), arriviste [feminine, masculine] (French), grimpeur (French), Karrierist [masculine] (German), αριβίστας (arivístas) [masculine] (Greek), panjat sosial [masculine] (Indonesian), karierowicz [masculine] (Polish), karierowiczka [feminine] (Polish), alpinista social [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), arrivista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), trepador [masculine] (Spanish), trepa (Spanish), arribista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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