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POWER HUNGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does power hunger mean?
• POWER HUNGER (noun)
The noun POWER HUNGER has 1 sense:
1. a drive to acquire power
Familiarity information: POWER HUNGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drive to acquire power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
power hunger; status seeking
Hypernyms ("power hunger" is a kind of...):
ambition; ambitiousness (a strong drive for success)
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