карьеризм

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Russian

Etymology

From карье́ра (karʹjéra) +‎ -изм (-izm).

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  • Hyphenation: ка‧рье‧ризм
  • Rhymes: -izm

Noun

карьери́зм (karʹjerízmm inan (genitive карьери́зма, nominative plural карьери́змы, genitive plural карьери́змов)

  1. careerism, self-advancement
    • 1937, Lion Feuchtwanger, Moscow 1937: My Visit Described for My Friends. An excerpt from an interview with Stalin:
      Ста́лин. Бюрокра́ты боя́тся, е́сли не бу́дет бю́ста Ста́лина, то их ли́бо газе́та, ли́бо нача́льник обруга́ет, ли́бо посети́тель удиви́тся — э́то о́бласть карьери́зма, своеобра́зная фо́рма «самозащи́ты» бюрокра́тов: что́бы не тро́гали, на́до бюст Ста́лина вы́ставить.
      Stálin. Bjurokráty bojátsja, jésli ne búdet bjústa Stálina, to ix líbo gazéta, líbo načálʹnik obrugájet, líbo posetítelʹ udivítsja — éto óblastʹ karʹjerízma, svojeobráznaja fórma «samozaščíty» bjurokrátov: štóby ne trógali, nádo bjust Stálina výstavitʹ.
      Stalin. Bureaucrats are afraid that if there is no bust of Stalin, then either the newspaper or the head will scold them, or the visitor will be surprised—this is an area of careerism, a peculiar form of “self-defense” of bureaucrats: in order not to be touched, a bust of Stalin must be exposed.

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