careerism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of careerism
Example Sentences
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Children are a responsibility: a limitation on us in an age of careerism and radical individualism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
They are “susceptible to peer pressure, careerism, ambition and fear of cancel culture, just like the rest of us,” he wrote.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2023
One KGB document revealed that Golitsyn’s “treason” was very damaging to the KGB and was the result of careerism.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
Koh and Tines take us through their parallel journeys from traditional careerism to becoming themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
Reporters for Time and for CBS informed the nation that a new mood of careerism had seized the campus.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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