social climber
nounDefinition of social climber
: one who attempts to gain a higher social position or acceptance in fashionable society
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The shameless social climber was confronted and bowed out of the group. — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, "Ask Amy: Parents want boyfriend to go, but daughter follows," 25 June 2019 And with three skilled actresses at the film’s center, characters that could so easily be reduced to familiar stereotypes — the crazy one, the conniving one, the social climber — are instead imbued with humanity. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "The Favourite is a deliciously wicked tale of sex, women, and power plays," 21 Nov. 2018 Blame the social climbers on the board of Ruthie’s museum. — Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, "Summer Books: Beach Reading," 23 May 2018 As Weisberg point out, it was written by Lord Chesterfield, a scheming social climber who never intended for his correspondences with his son Philip to be published. — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, "What Makes the Advice Column Uniquely American," 19 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'social climber.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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