social-climbingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsəʊʃl ˈklʌɪmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˈklaɪmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., climbing adj.

Etymology: < social adj. + climbing adj., after social climbing n., social climber n. Compare later social climb v.

Frequently depreciative.

That attempts to attain a higher social status, esp. acceptance in fashionable society, or is anxious to do so.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > socially mobile > status-seeking

arriviste1904

social-climbing1917

status-seeking1940

1917 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. 11/1 Special credit is to be given..to Robert McWade, who played the social climbing Socialist.

1938 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood On Frontier iii. ii. 107 A social-climbing wife and a playboy son.

1960 20th Century Dec. 588 A political thriller about a middle-aged reporter who learns of a major scandal involving a Minister of the Crown... Good pictures of the social-climbing Minister,..and various Fleet Street characters.

2008 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Jan. g1 ‘Such manners, such conversation,’ drools sister No. 1. ‘Such capital,’ chimes in their social-climbing neighbor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	social-climbing
释义	social-climbingadj. Brit. /ˌsəʊʃl ˈklʌɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˈklaɪmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., climbing adj. Etymology: < social adj. + climbing adj., after social climbing n., social climber n. Compare later social climb v. Frequently depreciative. That attempts to attain a higher social status, esp. acceptance in fashionable society, or is anxious to do so. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > socially mobile > status-seeking arriviste1904 social-climbing1917 status-seeking1940 1917 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. 11/1 Special credit is to be given..to Robert McWade, who played the social climbing Socialist. 1938 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood On Frontier iii. ii. 107 A social-climbing wife and a playboy son. 1960 20th Century Dec. 588 A political thriller about a middle-aged reporter who learns of a major scandal involving a Minister of the Crown... Good pictures of the social-climbing Minister,..and various Fleet Street characters. 2008 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Jan. g1 ‘Such manners, such conversation,’ drools sister No. 1. ‘Such capital,’ chimes in their social-climbing neighbor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1917
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