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Examples of careerism
careerism
What finds favor here is young, loud and, except in its careerism, invincibly dumb.
From the time.com
They are sick of the lies and evasions, the hypocrisy and petty careerism.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Careerism and the search for a promotion come under the category of spiritual worldliness.
From the guardian.co.uk
You take issue with careerism but I don't think one aims to become a Martin Boyce for the money.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cynical careerism is what got your lot elected in the first place.
From the guardian.co.uk
It invests the crassest careerism with a missionary's higher purpose, like Wilsonian democracy.
From the time.com
The 2010 Conservative intake of MPs is unusual in its ideological conviction and lack of careerism.
From the economist.com
There's a refreshing lack of careerism in Smith's account of her days before fame graced her journey.
From the latimes.com
Careerism will never die, in the military or elsewhere.
From the theatlantic.com
- The practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity
- (careerist) a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity
- Extreme Careerism has becoming increasingly common in the business and organizational world over the past two decades. In the United States, seventeen additional workdays have been added to the calendar since 1994. ...
- The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one's own career or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests or social growth; The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country
- (careerist) A person who pursues the advancement of his career at the expense of other values; Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life
