Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory)A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.

    Karrierist, Karrieristin

    карьери́стkarʹjeríst, карьери́сткаkarʹjerístka

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

  2. A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom is anything but a singleminded careerist.

  2. Tom is anything but a narrow-minded careerist.

  3. A lot of people think this politician is an unscrupulous careerist.

    deViele Menschen meinen, dieser Politiker sei ein skrupelloser Karrierist. — al_ex_an_der

  4. There are no careerist parents.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim:
Deutsch
person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim:

Forms

plural: careerists
Singularcareerist
Pluralcareerists

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcareer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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