professional suicide
professional suicide noun: an action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career.
Noun
professional suicide (countable and uncountable, plural professional suicides)
- An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career.
- “As a rule, whistleblowing is an act of professional suicide,” said Tom Devine, legal director of the Government Accountability Project that defends whistleblowers. The threat of retaliation “exponentially increases when Trump calls you a spy.”2019 October 4, Joe Davidson, “Perspective | Federal whistleblowers would do it again, even after retaliation and ‘professional suicide’”, in Washington Post, retrieved 15 Jan 2021
- Synonyms:
- career-limiting behavior
Synonyms of professional suicide
- career-limiting behavior
Forms of professional suicide
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Questions about professional suicide
- What does professional suicide mean?
- Professional suicide means an action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career.
- What part of speech is professional suicide?
- Professional suicide is a noun.
- What is the plural of professional suicide?
- The plural of professional suicide is professional suicides.
Words near professional suicide in the dictionary
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