arrivisme

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌæ.ɹɪˈvɪzəm/

Noun

arrivisme (uncountable)

(sociology) The state or behaviour of an arriviste.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 226:
  This was hardly arrivisme on my part: I was “down” with my fellow American radicals, not conspiring with a bunch of aristos and expats.

Translations

the state or behaviour of an arriviste

Portuguese: arrivismo m

French

Etymology

From arriver +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

arrivisme m (plural arrivismes)

arrivisme

Further reading

“arrivisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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