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STATUS SEEKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does status seeking mean?
• STATUS SEEKING (noun)
The noun STATUS SEEKING has 1 sense:
1. a drive to acquire power
Familiarity information: STATUS SEEKING 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 ("status seeking" is a kind of...):
ambition; ambitiousness (a strong drive for success)
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