arriviste

• Nom désignant une personne qui a récemment atteint une position sociale ou économique plus élevée, mais qui n'est pas encore pleinement acceptée par ceux de cette classe; souvent utilisé de manière péjorative pour quelqu'un de ambitieux et opportuniste.

A noun referring to a person who has recently achieved a higher social or economic status but has not yet been fully accepted by others in that class.

1. Social climberC1formal

   A person who has recently gained wealth or status but lacks the social graces or acceptance of their new class.

   Parvenu

   • The party was full of arrivistes trying to impress the old-money families.
   • He was dismissed as an arriviste by the established elite.
   • Her sudden wealth made her an arriviste in the eyes of the community.

   Synonymesbounderclimbernouveau-richeparvenusocial climberupstart

   Antonymesaristocratpatrician