careerism
Noun
Meaning
the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity
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number
game
interest
art
business
career
degree
handicraft
mission
calling
craft
mystery
profession
climbing
ambition
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I wanted, however, something more from the new middle-class institution than either the decadent romanticism of the sixties or the careerism of the seventies. I wanted students more aware of their differences from persons less advantaged.
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.