Dictionary

careerist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kəˈɹɪɹɪst/
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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.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life

Forms

Translations (3)

pl arywistyczny (related to careerism) · fr carriériste (related to careerism) · fi pyrkyrimäinen (related to careerism)

careerist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈɹɪɹɪst/
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (derogatory) 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. 1980, Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripides”, reprinted in Malham M. Wakin (editor), Military Ethics, DIANE Publishing (1994), page 121
   • 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 1995, Michael Nylan and Nathan Sivin, An Introduction to Yang Hsiung's "Canon of Supreme Mystery" (T'ai Hsüan Ching, ca. 4 B.C.):
   • 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
2. A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.

Forms

Deriveds

noncareerist

Relateds

careerism

Translations (20)

fr carriériste (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · kk мансапқұмар (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · pl arywista (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · ru карьери́стка (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · kk баққұмар (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · ko 야심가 (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · kk мансапқор (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · hy կարիերիիստ (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · el καριερίστας (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · pl arywistka (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · fi pyrkyri (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · ru карьери́ст (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · sv karriärist (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · az mənsəbpərəst (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · bg кариери́стка (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · cs kariérista (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · cmn 野心家 (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · bg кариери́ст (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · de Karrieristin (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim) · de Karrierist (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)