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self-advancement

noun

  1. the act or process of improving one's position, education, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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But his most obvious and disqualifying flaw is that he has no observable principles beyond dedication to his own self-advancement.

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It’s a tool one uses for self-advancement and self-preservation.

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We surrender our professed morality for self-advancement.

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We surrender our professed morality for self-advancement.

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Her increasingly estranged husband, Prince Charles, portrayed by Josh O’Connor, calls it “an ugly, avaricious piece of self-advancement.”

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