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arriviste::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart |
| Type of | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
| Has types | climber, junior, social climber |
Examples of arriviste
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Was there a risk that the ancienne noblesse would regard me as a trifle arriviste?
From the theatlantic.com
It's good to see John Sessions back on stage, too, as a rather oily arriviste.
From the independent.co.uk
He now sounds like a Tory arriviste for whom all the champagne has proved to be flat.
From the time.com
Ahrendts is quick to dismiss accusations that Burberry is some kind of luxury arriviste.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Successful beyond avarice, O'Hara proceeded to fume through life like the eternal arriviste.
From the time.com
The supreme need of the arriviste is to be able to disown and forget those who have helped him so far.
From the theatlantic.com
In the starkness of the Signature production, you miss the arriviste opulence that Ferber makes fun of.
From the washingtonpost.com
The peeling paint seems nonsensical, though, when the scene shifts to the home of a wealthy arriviste in Act II.
From the bloomberg.com
The property might sound like one of those exclusive Napa havens, but Ballentine is hardly an arriviste in the valley.
From the sfgate.com
- Upstart: a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- Upstart, newcomer, late arrival, nouveau riche, generally characterised as an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group
- Pushy Johnny-come-lately type fellow. Often from the New World. Very much New Money. New School, even.
- N. - pushful, ambitious person.
