CAREERIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("careerist" is a kind of...):

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "careerist"):

career girl (a woman who is a careerist)

career man (a man who is a careerist)

Derivation:

career (the general progression of your working or professional life)

careerism (the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity)