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Significados de nouveau-riche en inglés

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A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.

nou-ric

Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.

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Examples for "arriviste"
Examples for "arriviste"
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Is Madonna a self-absorbed megalomaniac with a touch of the arriviste?
The Guardian
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Is he an art connoisseur or a crass arriviste?
Reuters
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Not for them the arriviste tendencies of Chelsea or Manchester City; they would succeed "the Arsenal way".
The Guardian
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Everyone who matters still regards you as a vulgar little arriviste incapable of thinking beyond the next financial quarter.
The Irish Times
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The story also revived the image of Kate's mother Carole Middleton as a social climbing arriviste with particularly gauche taste.
News.com.au
Uso de nouveau-riche en inglés
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That said, Nick's family actually has little interest in fame, a very nouveau-riche idea.
Radio NZ
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In 2050, the nouveau-riche arrivistes stake their big skyline claims on the public eye.
BBC
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I'd crawl over a mountain of nouveau-riche club sandwiches to get to a nice toastie.
The Irish Times
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These nouveau-riche types make some money and stop making sense, a veterinary department official said on Wednesday.
The Irish Times
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This swansong for an empire, published in 1994, is still relevant to the nouveau-riche Russia of today.
The Irish Times
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The worst of the bunch is the appalling Veruca Salt, the wilful daughter of a crude, nouveau-riche peanut merchant in the 1971 version.
The Guardian
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The New Yorker, March 25, 1967 P. 44 A British art critic encounters a nouveau-riche American lady while covering a Post-Impressionist Exhibition in Paris.
The new yorker
Translations for nouveau-riche
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