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careerist
/ kəˈrɪərɪst /
noun
- a person who values success in his career above all else and seeks to advance it by any possible means
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Derived Forms
- caˈreerism, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of careerist1
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Example Sentences
This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime.
From The Daily Beast
In an age when we needed a visionary, he is merely a careerist.
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Penelope Trunk founded three startups, including Brazen Careerist.
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What I think the book is, is a critique of presenting it from a careerist perspective.
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He called him the “Chequered Careerist,” and spoke of his patterned legs as “shivery shakys.”
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