will to power
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of will to power
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Saying that good people are shocked and dazed by the reality of what is happening in Ukraine, Kirby noted that peace has been "shattered" by a cruel "will to power."
From Fox News ● Mar. 6, 2022
And in the absence of that commitment, influence is merely the will to power.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
To the fascist, Eco writes, "Thinking is a form of emasculation" and should be rejected in favor of a raw will to power.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2021
Anyone who doubts that adage need only peruse the litany of younger competitors that MyKayla Skinner’s will to power just decimated.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2021
She sensed that what her aunt spoke of as love was something else—a bribe, a threat, an indecent will to power.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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