careerist
noun
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Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɪɹɪst/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English career Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English careerist From career + -ist.
- Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English career Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English careerist From career + -ist.
- 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”
- A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.