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Definitions for nouveau riche
ˈnu voʊ ˈriʃnou·veau riche
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nouveau richenoun
New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
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Nouveau riche
The term nouveau riche, describes rich people who acquired their wealth within their own generations; the equivalent English term is new rich or new money. Sociologically, nouveau riche describes the man or woman who previously had belonged to a lower social class and economic stratum within that class; and that the new money — which constitutes his or her wealth — allowed upward social mobility and provided the means for conspicuous consumption, the buying of goods and services that signal membership in an upper class. As a pejorative term, nouveau riche effects distinctions of type, the given stratum within a social class; hence, among the rich people of a social class, nouveau riche describes the vulgarity and ostentation of the new-rich man and woman who lack the worldly experience and the system of values of Old Money, of inherited wealth, such as the patriciate and the gentry.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nouveau riche in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nouveau riche in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of nouveau riche in a Sentence
It is easier to satirize and laugh at the vulgarity and extroversion of the nouveau riche than at the restraint of old money perhaps, it certainly seems like the Real Housewives are often set up to be mocked. Yet some viewers still write online about admiring them, envying them, almost worshipping them.
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