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Loafer vs Careerist - What's the difference?

loafer | careerist |

As nouns the difference between loafer and careerist

is that loafer is an idle person while careerist is a person who pursues the advancement of his career at the expense of other values.

As an adjective careerist is

of or pertaining to such a person or way of life.

loafer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An idle person.
  • A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

    • Synonyms

    * (idle person ): bum, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo * (footwear ): penny loafer * See also

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    careerist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who pursues the advancement of his career at the expense of other values.
  • * 1980 , Alfred Kern, “Waiting for Euripides”, reprinted in Malham M. Wakin (editor), Military Ethics , DIANE Publishing (1994), ISBN 9780788113116, page 121:
    • A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.
  • * 1997 , Anita Blair, quoted in U.S. Society & Values'', June 1997: ''The Changing Roles of Women in the United States , DIANE Publishing, ISBN 9781428967496, page 27:
    • You’ve got a lot of elite careerist women in the officer corps who have a certain set of desires usually related to their career.

    Related terms

    * careerism

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life

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