How to Use careerism in a Sentence

careerism

noun
  • She was appalled by his careerism.
  • In our era of fervid careerism and content creation, this seems almost like a form of madness.
    — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2022
  • His self-interest and careerism are clear even in a place where self-interest and careerism are the order of the day.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 17 July 2024
  • That question went to the heart of Scorsese’s careerism, though some viewers fell for the movie’s virtue-signaling hype.
    — Armond White, National Review, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Barlow’s games tackle adult themes such as love, jealousy, gender politics and careerism.
    — Chris Byrd, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Every one of them put party and personal careerism before country.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Sometimes it's misinterpreted as careerism or jumping from place to place.
    — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • If his dramatic lack of careerism is singular, so too is the motivation behind his work.
    — Asali Solomon, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Put voters and their interests ahead of ego, careerism and personal ambition.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The war had pitted Harvard students’ careerism against their idealism, and in many cases the careerism had won.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • No careerism, no politics, just straight up assault on an insurmountable problem.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2012
  • Worse is the snark, which is relentless, and mostly aimed at nothing worse than the routine careerism of intellectual life.
    — William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Gone are dumb adolescent antics; replacing them are jokes about careerism, the fear of settling down, and the perils of being young parents.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2017
  • And part of that individualism is careerism.
    — Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Like Effective Altruism, his longtermism comes topped with a healthy dollop of careerism.
    — Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Careerism and ideology at the top sometimes undermine the work of patriotic and gifted case officers in the rank and file.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2017
  • Tines take us through their parallel journeys from traditional careerism to becoming themselves.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • At the same time, not every culpable police action is motivated by careerism or dishonesty of purpose.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But at least Chalamet doesn’t try to soft pedal Dylan’s surliness and careerism, and his vocal re-creations are mostly spot on.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Their ambitions were different from the careerism that soon became the cultural world’s predominant style.
    — Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
  • By the end of the decade, glamour was back, as was the economy, and as the ’80s beckoned, celebrity, wealth, and careerism began to play a central role in fashion.
    — Stephen Mooallem, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The upstart Carlin was sidling uncomfortably close to charging Wengrow with sycophancy or even careerism.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022
  • How will the Oscars handle the generational shift from millennial careerism to Gen-Z self-care?
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The long term fix of course is to reform the professional system and the culture of careerism so that what is rewarded is genuine productivity, rather than signalling.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2012
  • That dedication to scientific truth above careerism — his openness didn’t endear him to the powers that be — defined his professional life.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Deborah finds more kinship with Ava, recognizing herself in the younger comedian’s unabashed careerism and raw talent.
    — J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • 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
  • To do it in a spirit of political careerism, and the need to put something seemingly new and exciting in front of a mob that has grown jaded and bored by its own prosperity, is morally indefensible.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 19 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • But her tenure at Our Revolution has been marked by accusations of mismanagement and self-interested careerism.
    — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 21 May 2018

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