careerist

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.
 * 2) * 1980, Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripides”, reprinted in Malham M. Wakin (editor), Military Ethics, DIANE Publishing (1994), ISBN 9780788113116, page 121:
 * A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.
 * 1) * 1997, Anita Blair, quoted in U.S. Society & Values, June 1997: The Changing Roles of Women in the United States, DIANE Publishing, ISBN 9781428967496, 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.
 * 1) A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: mənsəbpərəst
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 * French:
 * German: Karrierist, Karrieristin
 * Greek:
 * Kazakh: баққұмар, мансапқор, мансапқұмар
 * Polish:, arywistka
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life

Translations

 * Finnish: pyrkyrimäinen
 * French:
 * Polish: arywistyczny