careerist

[ kuh-reer-ist ]

noun
  1. a person who follows a career.

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

Origin of careerist

1
First recorded in 1905–10; career + -ist

Words Nearby careerist

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How to use careerist in a sentence

  • He called him the “Chequered careerist,” and spoke of his patterned legs as “shivery shakys.”

British Dictionary definitions for careerist

careerist

/ (kəˈrɪərɪst) /


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

Derived forms of careerist

  • careerism, noun

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