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social climber

NOUN
  1. someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior

How To Use social climber In A Sentence

  • Callers range from the imperious to the crawling, from the famous (represented by their minions) to the social climbers, from nabobs to Mafiosi.
  • What is certain about Andersen is that he was an inveterate social climber, and managed to latch on to some useful patrons.
  • A controversial figure but perhaps the most persuasive social climber. Times, Sunday Times
  • Caught between a rock and a hard place, Jews were condemned for clinging too closely to their identity and heritage as Jews, for being "clannish," at the same time that they were denounced as overly aggressive, as social climbers who pushed their way into a society that did not welcome them. 13 Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
  • Realist, philosopher, opportunist and social climber, he was no patrician but a knight of the Empire, a member of the equites, a position of class that could be purchased in those days for a price. What is truth? Throwing stones in a wilderness of mirrors
  • In contrast, he sees the new, young, dynamic social climbers driving down the streets in their expensive cars with loud music blaring.
  • Social climbers are prone to telling lies; over- ambitious, greedy, and hedonistic people are more likely to lack honesty and truthfulness. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • Ambitious social climbers with ample funds would shower them with cash. AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN: The Inside Story of the Royal Household
  • The social climbers thrust their way into the noble preserve not to destroy it but to make it their own.
  • But, anyone who thinks that careerist social climbers who work for giant media corporations run by billionaires aren't liberals to their bones just doesn't know what he's talking about.
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