arriviste
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæ.ɹɪˈviːst/
Noun
arriviste (plural arrivistes)
- (derogatory) An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
- 1920, Bertrand Russell, chapter V, in The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism:
- The second class in the bureaucracy, among whom are to be found most of the men occupying political posts just below the top, consists of arrivistes, who are enthusiastic Bolsheviks because of the material success of Bolshevism.
Derived terms
Translations
upstart — see upstart
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʁi.vist/
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Related terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “arriviste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar.riˈvi.ste/
- Rhymes: -iste
- Hyphenation: ar‧ri‧vì‧ste
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