self-advancement
the act or process of improving one's position, education, etc
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How to use self-advancement in a sentence
Booker T. Washington's plan for black self-advancement depended on the assumption of a working rule of law in the South.
Reflect on true friendships you casually threw under the bus for self-advancement, say, two years ago.
Movement leaders, even myself, made our own plans for self-advancement.
They foresaw that he would not miss such an opportunity for self-advancement, round which he had doubtless built ambitious hopes.
Royal Highness | Thomas MannYes,” he admitted, “but I thought your little movement was to be something more than party politics and self-advancement——?
The Sea Lady | Herbert George Wells
That no such reward was bestowed is most probably attributable to Hawke's own indifference to self-advancement.
Types of Naval Officers | A. T. MahanPolitical leadership is thus a direct means of self-advancement, a temptation too strong for weak human nature.
Authors of Greece | T. W. LumbSelfishness—the mere, cold-blooded insistence for self-advancement—ruled supreme.
El Dorado | Baroness Orczy
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