will to power

American  

noun

1. (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) the self-assertive creative drive in all individuals, regarded as the supreme quality of the superman.

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Etymology

Origin of will to power

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The people of time … cannot avoid being persecuted, because by their very existence they break the claim of the gods of space, who express themselves in will to power, imperialism, injustice, demonic enthusiasm, and tragic self-destruction.

From Salon

Brasher may also benefit from growing awareness that Audubon, to whom he was often compared, was a complicated, often odious figure, whose interest in birds grew out of a raw will to power more than any particular love of the species.

From Washington Post

Motivations of anger, of hatred, of love, the will to power.

From New York Times

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

The piece, in stainless steel but painted white, halos both innocent vulnerability and an ominous will to power with a sense of the pure wonder and weirdness of being in the world.

From Washington Post