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| Shopping | The largest selection of NOUVEAU-RICHE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart | Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position |
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| NOUN | 1 | nouveau-riche, upstart, parvenu, arriviste | A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class |
| Meaning | Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position. |
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| Synonyms | parvenu, parvenue, upstart |
| Similar to | pretentious |
| Meaning | A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class. |
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| Synonyms | upstart, parvenu, arriviste |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person |
| Narrower | social climber, climber; junior |
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