ambition
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ambition englanniksi
Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
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(RQ:Burke Natural Society)
An object of an ardent desire.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
(RQ:Milton Samson)
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
1746, C Turnbull, ''The Histories Of Marcus Junianus Justinus''
- Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage.
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ambition (feeling)
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