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Russian
Etymology
From карье́ра (karʹjéra) + -и́ст (-íst).
Pronunciation
Noun
карьери́ст • (karʹjeríst) m anim (genitive карьери́ста, nominative plural карьери́сты, genitive plural карьери́стов)
- (deprecative) careerist; social climber
1937, Lion Feuchtwanger, Moscow 1937: My Visit Described for My Friends. An excerpt from an interview with Stalin:Ста́лин. Ко вся́кой па́ртии, кото́рая побежда́ет, прима́зываются чу́ждые элеме́нты, карьери́сты; они́ стара́ются защити́ть себя́ по при́нципу мимикри́и — бю́сты выставля́ют, ло́зунги пи́шут, в кото́рые са́ми не ве́рят.- Stálin. Ko vsjákoj pártii, kotóraja pobeždájet, primázyvajutsja čúždyje eleménty, karʹjerísty; oní starájutsja zaščitítʹ sebjá po príncipu mimikríi — bjústy vystavljájut, lózungi píšut, v kotóryje sámi ne vérjat.
- Stalin. Alien elements, careerists, are attached to any party that wins; they try to defend themselves on the principle of mimicry—they exhibit busts, write slogans that they themselves do not believe in.
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