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parvenue

 
Adjective parvenue has 2 senses
  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
    Antonym: unpretentious (indirect, via pretentious)
  2. parvenu, parvenue - of or characteristic of a parvenu
    Antonym: old (indirect, via new)
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