careerist

[kuh-reer-ist]

noun

1. a person who follows a career.

2. a person who pursues a policy or attitude of careerism.

careerist

/ kəˈrɪərɪst /

noun

1. a person who values success in his career above all else and seeks to advance it by any possible means

Other Word Forms

• careerism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of careerist¹

First recorded in 1905–10; career + -ist

Example Sentences

That actually happened, but Byun Sung-hyun’s deeply cynical retelling doesn’t want you to take its word for it — and it’s best not to trust these careerist officials to save the day either.

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When asked whether his defection was motivated by an opportunity to become MP for Gravesham again, Mr Holloway insisted he was not a "careerist".

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While Katie and Eva turn toward more conventional career paths, Sally, who displays an artistic temperament early on, persists in pursuing a career in art — an outlier in a family of ambitious careerists.

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“Didion & Babitz,” available Nov. 12, probes this Janus-like contrast until a sharp picture forms of Didion as the ambitious careerist and Babitz as her muse, who subsequently becomes a writer herself.

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Hawk, who leans left in his political alliances, is a careerist shark.

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