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careerlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From career + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a career.
   • If defined broadly enough, the concept refers to a careerlike relationship of activities or stages to each other... 1985, Erdman Ballagh Palmore, Duke University, Normal aging III: reports from the Duke longitudinal studies, 1975-1984:
   • Transsexualism follows a careerlike orientation which begins shortly after birth. 1983, Margaret Dimond, Susan L Jones, Chronic illness across the life span:

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