arriviste
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌærɪˈviːst/
- Offensive
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arribista
- Many viewed her as an arriviste because of her ostentatious displays of wealth at social gatherings.
Examples
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After moving into the upscale neighborhood, he quickly gained a reputation as an arriviste due to his flashy lifestyle.
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Arriviste banker Girolamo Belloni reduced the price of remaining impressions, putting them up for sale in several Roman print dealers' shops in order to recoup the money owed him by the late Nolli.
Academic text (1995) -
"I'll pass into history as a ridiculous arriviste."
Academic text (2007) -
It is a far cry from the rich, arriviste establishment views of her family in Alabama.
Fiction book (2001) -
With its arriviste but still unsatisfied place in the balance of power, Germany's statist foreign policy was replaced by an ethnonational policy.
Academic text (1997) -
The volume focuses on "status competition" between elites and arrivistes, viewed as a salient feature of stratified societies with some social mobility.
Academic text (1998) -
Arnoux's exuberance and vulgarity fascinate and repel him; his entourage of "arrivistes" intrigues him.
Academic text (1993) -
William Henry Bateson, as arriviste, led modernizing forces at Cambridge University, in the midst of the famous cosmological and political controversies between the authority of religious and scientific explanation that followed the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species (1859).
Academic text (2005) -
Despite his new wealth, he remained an arriviste, often trying too hard to impress his more established peers.
Synonyms
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7.4
A person who rises quickly to wealth or power and seems rude
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7.0
A person who tries to move up by getting close to powerful people
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9.9
A person who recently became rich but is not accepted by high society
A person who recently became rich and shows wealth in a loud, not elegant way
How Accepted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arriviste comes from the French verb arriver, which means 'to arrive', plus the ending -iste meaning 'one who'. Like the English word arrive, it suggests someone who has just arrived in high society and may be seen as new, showy, or not fully accepted.