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arrivistes

arrivistes is the plural of arriviste.

Meaning of arriviste

Noun

arriviste (plural arrivistes)

  1. (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.
    • 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.1920, Bertrand Russell, chapter V, in The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

Questions about arrivistes

What is arrivistes the plural of?
Arrivistes is the plural of arriviste.

Words near arrivistes in the dictionary

  1. arriving
  2. arriving at
  3. arrivism
  4. arrivisme
  5. arriviste
  6. arrivistes
  7. arrivistic
  8. Arrizon
  9. Arrizons
  10. arrière
  11. arrière-garde

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