power struggle
Fight for control
A power struggle is a contest between people or groups seeking control or dominance.
The term implies ongoing conflict rather than a single decisive moment: a power struggle between the CEO and the board, The siblings engaged in a power struggle over their father's estate.
Power struggles occur in families, workplaces, governments, and any setting where authority is contested.
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- succession crisisContested leadership transfer
- court intriguePolitical scheming at royal halls
- tug of warTeams pull rope opposite ways
conflict · battle · fight · jockeying · behind the scenes · backroom deal · factionalism · coup d'état · hostile takeover · competition · betrayal · constitutional crisis · kingmaker · blood feud · regime change · usurpation · zero-sum · rebellion
- clashesconflict, confrontation, collision, fight, battle
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
- drama themesrevenge, betrayal, forbidden love, love triangle, family conflict
- soap opera plotsbetrayal, jealousy, secret romance, love triangle, secret affair
- tensionsstrain, friction, hostility, discord, strife
power strugglestability
Resistance to displacement
consensus · unity · established order · harmony · status quo
power strugglecooperation
Joint action toward shared aims
collaboration · power sharing · harmony · consensus · partnership
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