social promotion

noun

The practice of promoting a student to the next grade only at the end of the current school year, regardless of when or whether they learned the necessary material, in order to keep them with their peers by age.

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Meanings

nounsocial promotion (countable and uncountable, plural social promotions)

plural social promotions

  1. countableuncountableThe practice of promoting a student to the next grade only at the end of the current school year, regardless of when or whether they learned the necessary material, in order to keep them with their peers by age.
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APA

social promotion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20promotion

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“social promotion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20promotion. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social promotion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20promotion.

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