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Ambitiousness   Listen
noun
Ambitiousness  n.  The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ambitiousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... sickened awhile an' tuk thought to my reg'mental work; conceiting mesilf I wud study an' be a sergint, an' a major-gineral twinty minutes afther that. But on top av my ambitiousness there was an empty place in my sowl, an' me own opinion av mesilf cud not fill ut. Sez I to mesilf, "Terence, you're a great man an' the best set-up in the reg'mint. Go on an' get promotion." Sez mesilf to me, "What for?" Sez I to mesilf, "For the glory av ut!" Sez mesilf to me, "Will that ...
— Life's Handicap • Rudyard Kipling



Words linked to "Ambitiousness" :   drive, aspiration, ambitious, ambition, status seeking, power hunger, ambitionless



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