will to power
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of will to power
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Most of those interviewed shared the critics’ judgment that “Altman has a relentless will to power that, even among industrialists who put their names on spaceships, sets him apart.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
There was “lean in” feminism, which held that women’s entrance into the C-suite required only the right kind of will to power and determined obliviousness to the demands of family-making.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 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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