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