careerist
pronunciation
How to pronounce careerist in British English:
UK [kəˈrɪərɪst]
How to pronounce careerist in American English:
US [kəˈrɪrɪst]
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- Noun:
- a professional who follows a career
Word Origin
- careerist (n.)
- 1917, from career (n.) + -ist.
Example
- 1. He was not a careerist on the climb .
- 2. Over the past 30 years , parliament has become less ideological , more tribally loyalist and more careerist .
- 3. I liked stanley tucci , too , as nigel , the magazine 's fashion director , who is kind and observant despite being a careerist slave .
- 4. He is reportedly a very astute and shrewd careerist scientific bureaucrat , these same western observers believe .
- 5. The careerist greedily loot fame and wealth in the name of loving something .