Used in a Sentence

striver

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for striver.

Editorial note

You have been blessed not to grow up with a narcissist or vicarious striver as a parent.

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Quick take

One who strives.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of striver gathered in one view.

noun

One who strives.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for striver.

Example sentences

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You have been blessed not to grow up with a narcissist or vicarious striver as a parent.

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You're not a mismatch for E1 on values if you're a corporate striver, but you'll still never cross that divide.

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He's probably a very conscientious and energetic striver and is trying to break free from that.

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Hard worker, smart learner, striver, can manage a calendar and communicate well in corporate environments.

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The one-millionth-and-one article to fan petit bourgeois striver angst over maybe possibly not getting-in on the grift of mainstream academia--like economics.

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Vicarious striver sounds like you have a psychological diagnosis in mind, but I can't find anything on it?

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And the plurality of Harvard students aren't wealthy legacies, they're striver upper middle class kids that worked their asses off in high school.

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What does a career striver look like in the imperial ranks?

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In regards to violations holding the striver instead of the company liable, I see it exactly the opposite way you do.

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It's okay to be a striver that works at Google.

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Now, maybe he'll get promoted more slowly than his potential as a striver, but I don't actually think that's going to happen.

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That only worked because college was a finishing school for the well brought up (plus the occasional striver), and businesses felt comfortable just trying to hire that demographic.

Quote examples

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Can the title be changed to something like "India: The Surprising Striver in the World’s Space Business"?

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I'm truly surprised that companies have not made better use of their "striver" engineers or compensated them enough to keep them striving.

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Between 30 and 40 often marks a shift in attitudes because you're getting out of the feeling of being a "young striver" trying to get ahead of the crowd in a highly visible space.

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A checked out Engineer who collects 90-100k and is able to cruise at 6/10 levels of happiness under most conditions or a "striver" Senior Engineer who gets 130k but is pretty much always unhappy at work for one reason or another?

Proper noun examples

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Striver-immigrant culture and extreme focus on family (at one time a part of Jewish-American immigrant culture too, often more an immigrant thing than a particular culture's thing) cause people to overoptimize their kids' upbringing on being good little subservient worker-bee children, often leaving them semi-crippled when required to function as independent adults.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use striver in a sentence?

You have been blessed not to grow up with a narcissist or vicarious striver as a parent.

What does striver mean?

One who strives.

What part of speech is striver?

striver is commonly used as noun.