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Definition of careerist noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

careerist

noun
 
/kəˈrɪərɪst/
 
/kəˈrɪrɪst/
(often disapproving)
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  1. a person whose career is more important to them than anything else
    • He was accused of being a cynical careerist.
    • a careerist politician
See careerist in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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