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Spanish
Noun
arribismo m (uncountable)
- careerism (advance of one's social status at the expense of others)
2015 September 25, “La pirámide colegial”, in El País:La reflexión, de un casi cuarentón que celebra los 20 años de culminación del instituto, engloba palabras amargas alrededor de lo dura que puede resultar la fase colegial, desde el parvulario hasta la universidad: la pena por sentirse un marginado, la presión por ser popular, los deseos por habitar los escalones superiores de la sociedad escolar, el matonismo, el arribismo, el patetismo, la falta de personalidad, la mentira de la fachada, la tiranía de los líderes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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