A lot of people think this politician is an unscrupulous careerist.
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Careerist
//kəˈɹɪɹɪst//
Synonyms for "careerist" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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3 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 12 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mənsəbpərəst noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 野心家 noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Czech
1 entries- kariérista noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Finnish
2 entries- pyrkyrimäinen adj (related to careerism)
- pyrkyri noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
French
2 entries- carriériste adj (related to careerism)
- carriériste noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
German
2 entries- Karrierist noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
- Karrieristin noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Greek
1 entries- καριερίστας noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Kazakh
3 entries- баққұмар noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
- мансапқор noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
- мансапқұмар noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Korean
1 entries- 야심가 noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Polish
3 entries- arywistyczny adj (related to careerism)
- arywista noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
- arywistka noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Russian
2 entries- карьери́ст noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
- карьери́стка noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Swedish
1 entries- karriärist noun (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
There are no careerist parents.
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Tom is anything but a singleminded careerist.
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Tom is anything but a narrow-minded careerist.
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