Wondering how to use Careerism in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as practice or pattern.
Careerism in a sentence
Careerism meaning
- The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one's own career or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests, social growth, or ethics.
- The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.
Using Careerism
- The main meaning on this page is: The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one's own career or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests, social growth, or ethics. | The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.
- Useful related words include: practice, pattern.
Context around Careerism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Careerism
- In this selection, "careerism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, craven and actually stand out and add context to how "careerism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cravenness the careerism actually does and of craven careerism and self. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "careerism" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with careerism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was a stunning display of craven careerism and self-loathing. (11 words)
But we’re maybe more aware now of what all that inside baseball—the cravenness, the careerism—actually does to the country. (22 words)
But we’re maybe more aware now of what all that inside baseball—the cravenness, the careerism—actually does to the country. (22 words)
It was a stunning display of craven careerism and self-loathing. (11 words)
Example sentences (2)
It was a stunning display of craven careerism and self-loathing.
But we’re maybe more aware now of what all that inside baseball—the cravenness, the careerism—actually does to the country.