arriviste
noun
ar·ri·viste
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Definition of arriviste
: one that is a new and uncertain arrival (as in social position or artistic endeavor)
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Examples of arriviste in a Sentence
the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes, who may have had the cash but certainly not the class
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Shiv’s husband, Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), is a Midwestern arriviste who works for the company and is desperate for Logan’s approval. — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, "How Succession Skewers the Rich," 9 Sep. 2019 On Dance Moms, the Siwas carved out roles as tacky arrivistes with way too much ambition. — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Time, "'What Do People Want Me to Do? Wear Black Every Day?': How Child Star JoJo Siwa Built Her Sparkly Empire," 22 Aug. 2019 The article, which describes old-fashioned Wasps feuding with glamorous arrivistes, is a safari of rich people behaving badly. — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, "How a Novel Can Unmake the Myth of Meritocracy," 16 July 2019 There was an ambitious arriviste, who smudged the line between confident and cocky. — Jon Wertheim And Jacob Feldman, SI.com, "The Incomparable Life and Mysterious Death of Suzanne Lenglen," 27 June 2019 Or—my personal favorite—Matthew Macfadyen as Shiv‘s arriviste, excruciatingly gauche boyfriend, Tom. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, "Five Reasons to Get Hooked on HBO’s Succession," 8 June 2018 Even in the early days of the Quattrocento, contemporary chroniclers were already waxing bitter about these money-lending arrivistes with their boorish habits and their pretensions to dictatorship. — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, "'The Family Medici' vividly and clearly tells the story of one clan's merciless self-aggrandizement," 28 Mar. 2018 Actresses from Jane Seymour to Gina McKee have struggled to nail her distinctive accent: Southern belle meets arriviste aristocrat. — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, "Wallis Simpson Was No Bold Forerunner," 6 Mar. 2018 Spectacle, arriviste or not, was a rarity this New York Fashion Week. — Ben Detrick, New York Times, "Yes, It Was a Quieter Fashion Week. But the Party Must Go On.," 13 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'arriviste.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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