How do you use Careerist in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like professional, plus the exact meaning.
Careerist meaning
- A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.
- A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
Synonyms of Careerist
Using Careerist
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values. | A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
- Useful related words include: professional, professional person.
Context around Careerist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Careerist
- In this selection, "careerist" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pure stand out and add context to how "careerist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pure careerist and attorneys and general a careerist. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "careerist" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with careerist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
DiGenova called the deputy attorney general a “careerist. (8 words)
Many of the documents on the Russia-collusion hoax still haven’t been released, because of resistance by CIA Director Gina Haspel — a pure careerist — and attorneys in the DNI’s office. (32 words)
Many of the documents on the Russia-collusion hoax still haven’t been released, because of resistance by CIA Director Gina Haspel — a pure careerist — and attorneys in the DNI’s office. (32 words)
DiGenova called the deputy attorney general a “careerist. (8 words)
Example sentences (2)
Many of the documents on the Russia-collusion hoax still haven’t been released, because of resistance by CIA Director Gina Haspel — a pure careerist — and attorneys in the DNI’s office.
DiGenova called the deputy attorney general a “careerist.