arriviste

/ˌɑːriˈviːst/
noun
  1. A person who has recently risen to a higher social or economic position and is often seen as ambitious, pushy, or lacking the manners of that class.
    • The novel satirizes the arrivistes who flooded the neighborhood during the boom years.
    • His flashy car and loud parties marked him as an arriviste trying too hard to fit in.
    • The old-money families looked down on the arriviste who bought the mansion next door.
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