A person who seeks success or status by any means necessary; someone motivated primarily by ambitious advancement.
From 'arrive' or 'arrivism' plus '-ist,' a suffix denoting a person who practices or believes in a particular ideology or pattern.
Call someone an 'arrivist' and you've implied they have no principles—it's a judgment word that says they'll do anything to get ahead, which reveals how much societies worry about fake status-climbers and social pretenders.
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