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'''Ambition''' is the [[desire]] for [[personal]] achievement. Ambitious persons seek to be the best at what they [[choose]] to do for attainment, [[power]], or superiority. Ambition is also the object of this desire. A poor example of 'Ambition' could be 'to become a Confetti collector'.

'''Ambition''' is the [[desire]] for [[personal]] achievement. Ambitious persons seek to be the best at what they [[choose]] to do for attainment, [[power]], or superiority. Ambition is also the object of this desire. A poor example of 'Ambition' could be 'to become a Confetti collector'.

 

People can wield their acquired power in the [[name]] of a vague or clear [[ideal]] or multiple ideals. When ambition is used to seek a clear ideal, it develops a close [[relationship]] to extremism. In the history of human kind many examples can be found of people who were extremely ambitious, for better and for worse. The notorious Greek [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herostratus Herostratus] had the ambition to become famous by destroying the T[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis emple of Artemis].

Etymology: [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French or [[Latin]]; Middle French, from Latin ambition-, ambitio, [[literally]], act of soliciting for votes, from ambire

 

1 a : an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power b : desire to achieve a particular end

2 : the object of ambition <her ambition is to start her own business>

3 : a desire for activity or exertion <felt sick and had no ambition>

synonyms ambition, aspiration, pretension mean strong desire for advancement. ambition applies to the desire for personal advancement or preferment and may suggest equally a praiseworthy or an inordinate desire <driven by ambition>. aspiration implies a striving after something higher than oneself and usually implies that the striver is thereby ennobled <an aspiration to become president someday>. pretension suggests ardent desire for recognition of accomplishment often without actual possession of the necessary ability and therefore may imply presumption <has literary pretensions>.

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[[Category: General Reference]]