ARRIVISTE


Meaning of ARRIVISTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ærivi:st ]

( arrivistes)

You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to. ( FORMAL )

...political arrivistes.

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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