arrivism

[ar-uh-viz-uhm]

noun

1. the conduct or condition of an arriviste.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arrivism¹

1935–40; < French arrivisme; arrive, -ism

Example Sentences

Let the Oxford professorship's authority be revived as a platform for authentic poetry ticket-bookings, scheduling ever newer departures and in-depth arrivals way beyond mere careerist arrivism.

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All these extraneous and one might even say irrelevant attempts toward speedy arrivism are set aside in the presence of the almost solemn severity of minds like Pissarro and Sisley, and of Cézanne, who extracted for himself all that was valuable in the passing idea of impressionism.

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