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CAREERIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does careerist mean? 

CAREERIST (noun)
  The noun CAREERIST has 1 sense:

1. a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrityplay

  Familiarity information: CAREERIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAREERIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("careerist" is a kind of...):

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "careerist"):

career girl (a woman who is a careerist)

career man (a man who is a careerist)

Derivation:

career (the general progression of your working or professional life)

careerism (the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity)


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