careerist
English
Etymology
Noun
careerist (plural careerists)
- (derogatory) A person who pursues the advancement of his career at the expense of other values.
- 1980, Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripides”, reprinted in Malham M. Wakin (editor), Military Ethics, DIANE Publishing (1994), →ISBN, page 121:
- A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.
- 1997, Anita Blair, quoted in U.S. Society & Values, June 1997: The Changing Roles of Women in the United States, DIANE Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:
- 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.
- 1980, Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripides”, reprinted in Malham M. Wakin (editor), Military Ethics, DIANE Publishing (1994), →ISBN, page 121:
- A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
Related terms
Translations
person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
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Adjective
careerist (comparative more careerist, superlative most careerist)
- Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life