A person who pursues the advancement of his career at the expense of other values.
1980, Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripidesâ€, 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.
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.
