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careerist
/kəˈɹɪɹɪst/
noun 2adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
elite, unscrupulous
VERB + CAREERIST
narrow-minded, singleminded
CAREERIST + NOUN
parents, square-filler, women
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.
A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.
Liu Hsin's famous jibe seems to have been directed not against Yang Hsiung but against the intellectual limitations of contemporary careerists. […] Yang's writings and personal character did not appeal to the careerists of his time
2
A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
adj
1
Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life
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A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.
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Liu Hsin's famous jibe seems to have been directed not against Yang Hsiung but against the intellectual limitations of contemporary careerists. […] Yang's writings and personal character did not appea
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You’ve got a lot of elite careerist women in the officer corps who have a certain set of desires usually related to their career.
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A lot of people think this politician is an unscrupulous careerist.
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There are no careerist parents.
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Tom is anything but a singleminded careerist.
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