Usually means: Ambitious, focused on professional advancement.
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  1. careerist: Merriam-Webster
  2. careerist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. careerist: Collins English Dictionary
  4. careerist: Vocabulary.com
  5. Careerist, careerist: Wordnik
  6. careerist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. careerist: Wiktionary
  8. careerist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. careerist: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. careerist: Dictionary.com
  11. careerist: Rhymezone
  12. careerist: FreeDictionary.org
  13. careerist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. careerist: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. careerist: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Careerist: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (derogatory) A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.
noun:  A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life

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