power hunger
Lust for dominance
Power hunger is an intense desire for control over others or influence over events.
The term treats the craving for authority as a basic appetite—something that drives behavior the way physical hunger drives eating.
A power-hungry person seeks positions of dominance: Her power hunger made her ruthless in office politics.
The compound can also appear as power-hungry (adjective) or power-hungering.
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- iron fistBrutal autocratic rule
ruthless · throne · conquest · tyrant · craving · authority · lust · dictator · manipulation · ego · climb · climb the ladder · corporate ladder · scheming · corrupt · insatiable · grasp · crave
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- cravingscraving, cravings, food craving, salt craving, appetite
- megalomaniamegalomania, delusions of grandeur, grandiosity, messiah complex, savior complex
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, deadly sin, sloth
power hungercontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
humility · self-effacement · abdication · modesty · relinquishment
power hungerservant leadership
Leading through service first
selflessness · servanthood · humility · altruism · self-sacrifice
power hungersatisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
equanimity · inner peace · fulfillment · serenity · groundedness
power, hunger, powers, powered, powering, powerful, powerless, powerfully, powerlessness