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AMBITIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ambitiousness mean?
• AMBITIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun AMBITIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. a strong drive for success
Familiarity information: AMBITIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong drive for success
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ambition; ambitiousness
Hypernyms ("ambitiousness" is a kind of...):
drive (the trait of being highly motivated)
Attribute:
ambitious (having a strong desire for success or achievement)
ambitionless; unambitious (having little desire for success or achievement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ambitiousness"):
aspiration (a will to succeed)
power hunger; status seeking (a drive to acquire power)
Derivation:
ambitious (having a strong desire for success or achievement)
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