Ambition
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To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.]Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains withXerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.
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A strong general desire for accomplishment, wealth or power, generally described as a positive trait.
A specific, overwhelming, desire in the vein of (1).
A card game played mainly by American college students, and the center of a minor scandal: falsely believing the game was written for political purposes (to unite international socialists) a group of right-wing Interneters mounted a campaign to supress and defame the game. The political motives behind the game have been debunked, though the game occasionally shows up in some [tinfoil hat] conspiracy theories.
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The willingness to kill the things you love and eat them to stay alive.
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a) An earnest desire for some type of achievement.
b) [Ambition] is the Grim reaper of boredom and apathy.
c) [Ambition] is that cousin who comes round to your house and makes you feel bad, because they're super nice and aspirational.
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- An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power.
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- The need to let others know how self-important one is.
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What drives man to achieve failure with greater speed then had he just let fate run its course.
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Industry-leading sales coaching and gamification software for sales teams looking to increase productivity and pipeline. A software product by Ambition
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