Definizione monolingua

careerist

careerist (plural careerists)

1. A person who pursues the advancement of his career at the expense of other values.
   • 1980, Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripides”, reprinted in Malham M. Wakin (editor), Military Ethics, DIANE Publishing (1994), ISBN 9780788113116, page 121:

     A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.

   • 1997, Anita Blair, quoted in U.S. Society & Values, June 1997: The Changing Roles of Women in the United States, DIANE Publishing, ISBN 9781428967496, page 27:

     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.

careerist (comparative more careerist, superlative most careerist)

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

Definizione dizionario careerist

arrivista

carrierista

Altri significati:

Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life

A person who pursues the advancement of his career at the expense of other values.

person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim