Definition of arriviste in English:

arriviste

noun ˌariːˈviːstˌɑriˈvist

An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person.
野心勃勃（或无情）的追求私利者
Example sentencesExamples
- They merely confirmed that, for the second time in two decades, the BBC had lost one of its treasured institutions to the arrivistes of commercial television.
- In Thackeray's next full-length novel, the Newcomes are so called because they are both a nouveau riche and an arriviste family.
- The ‘image’ of a city like Tokyo or New York might well come from star-struck arrivistes rather than locals.
- Michael Armstrong spoofs the pretensions of bourgeois arrivistes, while describing the horrors of child labor and documenting its heroine's mounting inquisitiveness and willingness to intervene.
- Full of arrivistes and the new rich for whom desperate consumption was a proof of being, its secret world (secret, that is, to all not admitted to the charmed circles of the West End) revolved around sex and gambling.
- What's more at the end of the day, Conrad Black was still Conrad Black: egotist, aspirant and arriviste.
- He stands out among the arriviste engineers who dominate the tech industry, combining aristocratic reserve with a merchant's frugality and the obsessive drive of an entrepreneur.
- Jean Chretien (though now wealthy) is an outsider, an arriviste, and a rags-to-riches political scrapper.
- There are many Irish arrivistes keen to be seen in these places regardless of whether they get clotted cream, proper cucumber sandwiches or a bit of crumpet.
- Even the arrivistes in California understood the sophistication required for a vigneron, commissioning fine architects to enhance their vineyards with beautiful buildings.
- Many, such as Fielding's cousin Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, would go on laughing at Richardson, the anxious arriviste, for his ‘low’ pretensions to gentility.
- Many more felt a sentimental attachment to Jacobitism, or at least alienation from the arriviste courts of William III and the Georges.
- Believe me, the work of a line cook in a restaurant catering to the tastes of arriviste Texans is even more boring than it is cracked up to be.
- They've been replaced in the Commons by the suburban arrivistes who now dominate the Tory benches; they've lost their feudal right to sit in the Lords.
- Distinguishing between a painted lady of ancient noble lineage and a lady with arriviste social ambitions who availed herself of face paint with equal liberality is no longer a matter of reading fixed signs on the surface of the body.
- As the Van Doren family play their favourite parlour game - trading Shakespearian quotes across the dinner table - an arriviste young lawyer watches, open-mouthed and clearly intimidated.
- Given the Marxian reduction of everything to class interests, it is obvious that a petit bourgeois arriviste such as Ms. Rodham-Clinton can neither command the allegiance of the proletariat nor enjoy the trust of the capitalists.
- Like a lot of new-money arrivistes, Target can make grand gestures, but it gets the details wrong.
- They are tough, but decent, clearly not posh Labour party arrivistes, and they clearly have the Labour party in their veins.
- One strand of poetry, even today, represents the resentment of the old middle class at finding its assets devalued by a flood of competition; its hauteur towards the arriviste working class graduates.
- The ranks of modern royalty are crowded with arrivistes.
Synonyms
social climber, status seeker, would-be, go-getter, self-seeker, adventurer, adventuress
newcomer, upstart, parvenu, parvenue, vulgarian
(arrivistes), the nouveau riche, the new rich, new money

Derivatives

arrivisme

noun ˌariːˈviːzm(ə)

Fortunately, however, the book is much more than a tale of the shameless arrivisme and social contortions of an outsider determined to be accepted by the British upper class.
Example sentencesExamples
- This honest moralist, who sets himself up as the exclusive depositary for revolutionary purity - everything that is not a part of his insignificance appears to him as mere arrivisme - was stung by the [editorial] note that we dedicated to him in I.S. #10 (page 72: ‘L' armee de reserve du spectacle ’).
- In the current period of stagnation, arrivisme, and regression, it seems right to think of Lotman's work as testifying to those shoots of modest but tenacious vitality that sometimes - indeed, more often than one might think - grow under the snows of Russian winter and that the West is not always alert or sensitive enough to detect.
- There has been a long list of accusations piling up since the 1980s about Sartre's arrivisme, and that this led to his willing accommodation to Vichy.
- One of the more overlooked lines in The Importance Of Being Earnest is Lady Bracknell's passing remark that she had no fortune whatever before she married; she may, in other words, have been herself guilty of exactly the arrivisme of which she implicitly accuses the handbag-foundling Jack Worthing.

Origin

Early 20th century: from French, from arriver (see arrive).

Rhymes

artiste, batiste, beast, dirigiste, east, feast, least, Mideast, modiste, northeast, piste, priest, southeast, uncreased, unreleased, yeast

Definition of arriviste in US English:

arriviste

nounˌɑriˈvistˌärēˈvēst

An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status.
Example sentencesExamples
- In Thackeray's next full-length novel, the Newcomes are so called because they are both a nouveau riche and an arriviste family.
- Even the arrivistes in California understood the sophistication required for a vigneron, commissioning fine architects to enhance their vineyards with beautiful buildings.
- Like a lot of new-money arrivistes, Target can make grand gestures, but it gets the details wrong.
- Michael Armstrong spoofs the pretensions of bourgeois arrivistes, while describing the horrors of child labor and documenting its heroine's mounting inquisitiveness and willingness to intervene.
- They are tough, but decent, clearly not posh Labour party arrivistes, and they clearly have the Labour party in their veins.
- Jean Chretien (though now wealthy) is an outsider, an arriviste, and a rags-to-riches political scrapper.
- The ‘image’ of a city like Tokyo or New York might well come from star-struck arrivistes rather than locals.
- Given the Marxian reduction of everything to class interests, it is obvious that a petit bourgeois arriviste such as Ms. Rodham-Clinton can neither command the allegiance of the proletariat nor enjoy the trust of the capitalists.
- Full of arrivistes and the new rich for whom desperate consumption was a proof of being, its secret world (secret, that is, to all not admitted to the charmed circles of the West End) revolved around sex and gambling.
- He stands out among the arriviste engineers who dominate the tech industry, combining aristocratic reserve with a merchant's frugality and the obsessive drive of an entrepreneur.
- The ranks of modern royalty are crowded with arrivistes.
- Many more felt a sentimental attachment to Jacobitism, or at least alienation from the arriviste courts of William III and the Georges.
- As the Van Doren family play their favourite parlour game - trading Shakespearian quotes across the dinner table - an arriviste young lawyer watches, open-mouthed and clearly intimidated.
- Believe me, the work of a line cook in a restaurant catering to the tastes of arriviste Texans is even more boring than it is cracked up to be.
- They merely confirmed that, for the second time in two decades, the BBC had lost one of its treasured institutions to the arrivistes of commercial television.
- They've been replaced in the Commons by the suburban arrivistes who now dominate the Tory benches; they've lost their feudal right to sit in the Lords.
- One strand of poetry, even today, represents the resentment of the old middle class at finding its assets devalued by a flood of competition; its hauteur towards the arriviste working class graduates.
- What's more at the end of the day, Conrad Black was still Conrad Black: egotist, aspirant and arriviste.
- Distinguishing between a painted lady of ancient noble lineage and a lady with arriviste social ambitions who availed herself of face paint with equal liberality is no longer a matter of reading fixed signs on the surface of the body.
- Many, such as Fielding's cousin Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, would go on laughing at Richardson, the anxious arriviste, for his ‘low’ pretensions to gentility.
- There are many Irish arrivistes keen to be seen in these places regardless of whether they get clotted cream, proper cucumber sandwiches or a bit of crumpet.
Synonyms
social climber, status seeker, would-be, go-getter, self-seeker, adventurer, adventuress

Origin

Early 20th century: from French, from arriver (see arrive).

单词	arriviste
释义	Definition of arriviste in English: arriviste noun ˌariːˈviːstˌɑriˈvist An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person. 野心勃勃（或无情）的追求私利者 Example sentencesExamples They merely confirmed that, for the second time in two decades, the BBC had lost one of its treasured institutions to the arrivistes of commercial television. In Thackeray's next full-length novel, the Newcomes are so called because they are both a nouveau riche and an arriviste family. The ‘image’ of a city like Tokyo or New York might well come from star-struck arrivistes rather than locals. Michael Armstrong spoofs the pretensions of bourgeois arrivistes, while describing the horrors of child labor and documenting its heroine's mounting inquisitiveness and willingness to intervene. Full of arrivistes and the new rich for whom desperate consumption was a proof of being, its secret world (secret, that is, to all not admitted to the charmed circles of the West End) revolved around sex and gambling. What's more at the end of the day, Conrad Black was still Conrad Black: egotist, aspirant and arriviste. He stands out among the arriviste engineers who dominate the tech industry, combining aristocratic reserve with a merchant's frugality and the obsessive drive of an entrepreneur. Jean Chretien (though now wealthy) is an outsider, an arriviste, and a rags-to-riches political scrapper. There are many Irish arrivistes keen to be seen in these places regardless of whether they get clotted cream, proper cucumber sandwiches or a bit of crumpet. Even the arrivistes in California understood the sophistication required for a vigneron, commissioning fine architects to enhance their vineyards with beautiful buildings. Many, such as Fielding's cousin Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, would go on laughing at Richardson, the anxious arriviste, for his ‘low’ pretensions to gentility. Many more felt a sentimental attachment to Jacobitism, or at least alienation from the arriviste courts of William III and the Georges. Believe me, the work of a line cook in a restaurant catering to the tastes of arriviste Texans is even more boring than it is cracked up to be. They've been replaced in the Commons by the suburban arrivistes who now dominate the Tory benches; they've lost their feudal right to sit in the Lords. Distinguishing between a painted lady of ancient noble lineage and a lady with arriviste social ambitions who availed herself of face paint with equal liberality is no longer a matter of reading fixed signs on the surface of the body. As the Van Doren family play their favourite parlour game - trading Shakespearian quotes across the dinner table - an arriviste young lawyer watches, open-mouthed and clearly intimidated. Given the Marxian reduction of everything to class interests, it is obvious that a petit bourgeois arriviste such as Ms. Rodham-Clinton can neither command the allegiance of the proletariat nor enjoy the trust of the capitalists. Like a lot of new-money arrivistes, Target can make grand gestures, but it gets the details wrong. They are tough, but decent, clearly not posh Labour party arrivistes, and they clearly have the Labour party in their veins. One strand of poetry, even today, represents the resentment of the old middle class at finding its assets devalued by a flood of competition; its hauteur towards the arriviste working class graduates. The ranks of modern royalty are crowded with arrivistes. Synonyms social climber, status seeker, would-be, go-getter, self-seeker, adventurer, adventuress newcomer, upstart, parvenu, parvenue, vulgarian (arrivistes), the nouveau riche, the new rich, new money Derivatives arrivisme noun ˌariːˈviːzm(ə) Fortunately, however, the book is much more than a tale of the shameless arrivisme and social contortions of an outsider determined to be accepted by the British upper class. Example sentencesExamples This honest moralist, who sets himself up as the exclusive depositary for revolutionary purity - everything that is not a part of his insignificance appears to him as mere arrivisme - was stung by the [editorial] note that we dedicated to him in I.S. #10 (page 72: ‘L' armee de reserve du spectacle ’). In the current period of stagnation, arrivisme, and regression, it seems right to think of Lotman's work as testifying to those shoots of modest but tenacious vitality that sometimes - indeed, more often than one might think - grow under the snows of Russian winter and that the West is not always alert or sensitive enough to detect. There has been a long list of accusations piling up since the 1980s about Sartre's arrivisme, and that this led to his willing accommodation to Vichy. One of the more overlooked lines in The Importance Of Being Earnest is Lady Bracknell's passing remark that she had no fortune whatever before she married; she may, in other words, have been herself guilty of exactly the arrivisme of which she implicitly accuses the handbag-foundling Jack Worthing. Origin Early 20th century: from French, from arriver (see arrive). Rhymes artiste, batiste, beast, dirigiste, east, feast, least, Mideast, modiste, northeast, piste, priest, southeast, uncreased, unreleased, yeast Definition of arriviste in US English: arriviste nounˌɑriˈvistˌärēˈvēst An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status. Example sentencesExamples In Thackeray's next full-length novel, the Newcomes are so called because they are both a nouveau riche and an arriviste family. Even the arrivistes in California understood the sophistication required for a vigneron, commissioning fine architects to enhance their vineyards with beautiful buildings. Like a lot of new-money arrivistes, Target can make grand gestures, but it gets the details wrong. Michael Armstrong spoofs the pretensions of bourgeois arrivistes, while describing the horrors of child labor and documenting its heroine's mounting inquisitiveness and willingness to intervene. They are tough, but decent, clearly not posh Labour party arrivistes, and they clearly have the Labour party in their veins. Jean Chretien (though now wealthy) is an outsider, an arriviste, and a rags-to-riches political scrapper. The ‘image’ of a city like Tokyo or New York might well come from star-struck arrivistes rather than locals. Given the Marxian reduction of everything to class interests, it is obvious that a petit bourgeois arriviste such as Ms. Rodham-Clinton can neither command the allegiance of the proletariat nor enjoy the trust of the capitalists. Full of arrivistes and the new rich for whom desperate consumption was a proof of being, its secret world (secret, that is, to all not admitted to the charmed circles of the West End) revolved around sex and gambling. He stands out among the arriviste engineers who dominate the tech industry, combining aristocratic reserve with a merchant's frugality and the obsessive drive of an entrepreneur. The ranks of modern royalty are crowded with arrivistes. Many more felt a sentimental attachment to Jacobitism, or at least alienation from the arriviste courts of William III and the Georges. As the Van Doren family play their favourite parlour game - trading Shakespearian quotes across the dinner table - an arriviste young lawyer watches, open-mouthed and clearly intimidated. Believe me, the work of a line cook in a restaurant catering to the tastes of arriviste Texans is even more boring than it is cracked up to be. They merely confirmed that, for the second time in two decades, the BBC had lost one of its treasured institutions to the arrivistes of commercial television. They've been replaced in the Commons by the suburban arrivistes who now dominate the Tory benches; they've lost their feudal right to sit in the Lords. One strand of poetry, even today, represents the resentment of the old middle class at finding its assets devalued by a flood of competition; its hauteur towards the arriviste working class graduates. What's more at the end of the day, Conrad Black was still Conrad Black: egotist, aspirant and arriviste. Distinguishing between a painted lady of ancient noble lineage and a lady with arriviste social ambitions who availed herself of face paint with equal liberality is no longer a matter of reading fixed signs on the surface of the body. Many, such as Fielding's cousin Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, would go on laughing at Richardson, the anxious arriviste, for his ‘low’ pretensions to gentility. There are many Irish arrivistes keen to be seen in these places regardless of whether they get clotted cream, proper cucumber sandwiches or a bit of crumpet. Synonyms social climber, status seeker, would-be, go-getter, self-seeker, adventurer, adventuress Origin Early 20th century: from French, from arriver (see arrive).
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