careerist
/kəˈɹɪɹɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.
Derogatory
noun
A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
adj
Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English career Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.