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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 powerplay

  Familiarity information: POWER HUNGER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POWER HUNGER (noun)


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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