"social ladder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-social ladder.ogg [Australia] Forms: social ladders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} social ladder (plural social ladders)
  1. (idiomatic) The hierarchy of a society. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: corporate ladder, social climber, social mobility, economic mobility, upwardly mobile, upward mobility Translations (Translations): yhteiskunnallinen asteikko (Finnish), drabina społeczna [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-social_ladder-en-noun-jEV1qobe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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