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careerlike

careerlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a career.

Adjective

careerlike (comparative more careerlike, superlative most careerlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a career.
    • Transsexualism follows a careerlike orientation which begins shortly after birth.1983, Margaret Dimond, Susan L Jones, Chronic illness across the life span
    • If defined broadly enough, the concept refers to a careerlike relationship of activities or stages to each other...1985, Erdman Ballagh Palmore, Duke University, Normal aging III: reports from the Duke longitudinal studies, 1975-1984

Forms of careerlike

comparativemore careerlike
superlativemost careerlike

Origin of careerlike

From career + -like.

Questions about careerlike

What does careerlike mean?
Careerlike means resembling or characteristic of a career.
What part of speech is careerlike?
Careerlike is an adjective.

Words near careerlike in the dictionary

  1. careerist
  2. careeristic
  3. careerists
  4. careerless
  5. careerlessness
  6. careerlike
  7. careerlong
  8. careerman
  9. careermen
  10. careers
  11. careers fair

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