careerism
noun
ca·reer·ism
kə-ˈrir-ˌi-zəm 
: the policy or practice of advancing one's career often at the cost of one's integrity
Examples of careerism in a Sentence
She was appalled by his careerism.
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But all that bland, commercially palatable careerism can’t prevent Muncie, played by the versatile Emmy winner Colman Domingo, from getting dragged into a war between the far right and the radical left, edgelord billionaires and misfits living communally at society’s fringes.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
Underlying it all is a tinkerer’s DIY ethos, which manifests a refreshing indifference to careerism.
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Their ambitions were different from the careerism that soon became the cultural world’s predominant style.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
Underlying it all is a tinkerer’s DIY ethos, which manifests a refreshing indifference to careerism.
—Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
How will the Oscars handle the generational shift from millennial careerism to Gen-Z self-care?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
Their ambitions were different from the careerism that soon became the cultural world’s predominant style.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Careerism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/careerism. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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