Arrivism
35. Arrivism (See also Philistinism.)
- Beverly Hillbillies, The hillbillies transplanted by wealth to Beverly Hills. [TV: Terrace, I, 93–94]
- Gatsby, Jay nouveau riche entrepreneur displays wealth on Long Island. [Am. Lit.: The Great Gatsby ]
- Jefferson, George bumptious black who thinks money is every-thing. [TV: “The Jeffersons” in Terrace, I, 409–410]
- Jiggs and Maggie they flounder in seas of sudden wealth. [Comics: “Bringing up Father” in Horn, 132]
- Jourdain, Monsieur elderly tradesman who spends wealth trying to raise his social status. [Fr. Lit.: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme ]
- Newman, Christopher nouveau riche entrepreneur feels he deserves an aristocratic wife. [Am. Lit.: The American ]
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