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ARRIVISTE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

Synonyms:

arriviste; nouveau-riche; parvenu; upstart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("arriviste" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arriviste"):

climber; social climber (someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior)

junior (term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male)

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