parvenue

• Abwertende Bezeichnung für eine Person, die erst vor Kurzem in eine höhere soziale oder wirtschaftliche Stellung aufgestiegen ist und der dabei oft fehlende Bildung, Feinheit oder guter Geschmack unterstellt werden.

An obsolete adjective describing a person who has recently risen to a higher social or economic class, often implying a lack of refinement or sophistication.

1. Newly wealthy or socially risenC2formal

   Characteristic of someone who has recently gained wealth or social status but lacks the manners or refinement associated with their new position.

   Emporkömmling

   • His parvenue taste in art was evident in the gaudy decorations.
   • She displayed a parvenue attitude by constantly flaunting her new money.
   • The parvenue behavior of the guests made the old aristocracy uncomfortable.

   Synonymearrivistenouveau-richeupstart

2. Of or relating to a social climberC2formal

   Pertaining to a person who has risen to a higher social class but is not accepted by those born into it.

   Zu einem Emporkömmling gehörend

   • The parvenue family tried to imitate the customs of the upper class.
   • His parvenue manners were a subject of gossip among the elite.
   • The novel satirizes the parvenue aspirations of the middle class.

   Synonymearrivistenouveau-richeupstart