careerism

1. 1.

   the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity

   Broaderpractice

Other forms of careerism

plural

careerisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about careerism

What does careerism mean?

careerism means "the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity".

How many syllables are in careerism?

careerism has 4 syllables: ca-re-e-rism. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /kɚˈiɹɪzəm/.

Is careerism a common word?

careerism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.