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
careerist
kə-ˈrir-ist
noun or adjective 
Example Sentences
She was appalled by his careerism.
Recent Examples on the Web The upstart Carlin was sidling uncomfortably close to charging Wengrow with sycophancy or even careerism. 
Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022 Tines take us through their parallel journeys from traditional careerism to becoming themselves. Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers’ lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. Armond White, National Review, 13 Apr. 2022 Each hack walks through the technical processes of their careerism — the paths to power learned by DuVernay and her Array production company. Armond White, National Review, 23 Mar. 2022 The book’s command of contemporary-hipster details is wincingly precise, and Caleb’s voice, initially charming, gradually reveals his incompetent careerism. The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Often in these stories, the two are bound together in a hyper-individualistic fusion of romantic careerism. Amanda Hess, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022 Sometimes it's misinterpreted as careerism or jumping from place to place. CBS News, 25 Aug. 2021 All the characters experience the crushing weight of Stalinism: the inability to speak freely, the military’s political careerism and a growing Russian anti-Semitism. Wendy Z. Goldman, WSJ, 21 May 2021 See More
Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022 Tines take us through their parallel journeys from traditional careerism to becoming themselves. Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers’ lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. Armond White, National Review, 13 Apr. 2022 Each hack walks through the technical processes of their careerism — the paths to power learned by DuVernay and her Array production company. Armond White, National Review, 23 Mar. 2022 The book’s command of contemporary-hipster details is wincingly precise, and Caleb’s voice, initially charming, gradually reveals his incompetent careerism. The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Often in these stories, the two are bound together in a hyper-individualistic fusion of romantic careerism. Amanda Hess, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022 Sometimes it's misinterpreted as careerism or jumping from place to place. CBS News, 25 Aug. 2021 All the characters experience the crushing weight of Stalinism: the inability to speak freely, the military’s political careerism and a growing Russian anti-Semitism. Wendy Z. Goldman, WSJ, 21 May 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above