arrivisme

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæ.ɹɪˈvɪzəm/

Noun

arrivisme (uncountable)

  1. (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

French

Etymology

From arriver +‎ -isme.

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Noun

arrivisme m (plural arrivismes)

  1. arrivisme

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