WILL TO POWER


Meaning of WILL TO POWER in English

Etymology: translation of German wille zur macht

1. : the drive of the Nietzschean superman to perfect and transcend the self through the possession and exercise of creative power

the will to power … is as far from a lust for domination as it is from the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake — Times Literary Supplement

2. : a conscious or unconscious desire to exercise authority over others

populations enslaved by a dictator's will to power

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