different between careerism vs careerist

English

Etymology

career +? -ism

Noun

careerism (usually uncountable, plural careerisms)

1. The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one's own career or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests or social growth.
2. (chiefly US) The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.

Quotations

• 2002 Air & Space Power Journal fall 02

  In addition, military aviators' concerns about careerism as well as their lack of professionalism and personality clashes added to the friction against program.

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• careerist

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• recamiers, screamier

English

Etymology

From career +? -ist

Noun

careerist (plural careerists)

1. (derogatory) A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.
   • 1980, Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripides”, reprinted in Malham M. Wakin (editor), Military Ethics, DIANE Publishing (1994), ?ISBN, page 121:

     A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.

   • 1997, Anita Blair, quoted in U.S. Society & Values, June 1997: The Changing Roles of Women in the United States, DIANE Publishing, ?ISBN, page 27:

     You’ve got a lot of elite careerist women in the officer corps who have a certain set of desires usually related to their career.

2. A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.

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• careerism

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Adjective

careerist (comparative more careerist, superlative most careerist)

1. Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life

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• traceries