adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
careerist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈɹɪɹɪst/
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CMU ARPABET: K ER0 IH1 R IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
Meaning 3
A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: professional, professional person
Narrower terms: career girl, career man
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English career Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pyrkyrimäinen — related to careerism
- French: carriériste — related to careerism
- Polish: arywistyczny — related to careerism
- Armenian: կարիերիիստ (karieriist) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Azerbaijani: mənsəbpərəst — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Bulgarian: кариери́ст (karieríst) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Bulgarian: кариери́стка (karierístka) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Chinese Mandarin: 野心家 (yěxīnjiā) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Czech: kariérista — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Finnish: pyrkyri — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- French: carriériste — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- German: Karrierist — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- German: Karrieristin — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Greek: καριερίστας (karierístas) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Kazakh: баққұмар (baqqūmar) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Kazakh: мансапқор (mansapqor) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Kazakh: мансапқұмар (mansapqūmar) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Korean: 야심가 (yasimga) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Polish: arywista — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Polish: arywistka — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Russian: карьери́ст (karʹjeríst) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Russian: карьери́стка (karʹjerístka) — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim
- Swedish: karriärist — person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim