arrivisme
/ (ˌæriːˈviːzmə, French arivism) /
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noun
unscrupulous ambition
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Words nearby arrivisme
arrival, arrive, arrive at, arrivederci, arrivism, arrivisme, arriviste, arroba, arrogance, arrogance of power, arrogant
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How to use arrivisme in a sentence
And the remaining fifty per cent of Baxter-Whittingham was pure arrivisme.
Sonia Between two Worlds|Stephen McKenna