властолюбие

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Russian

Etymology

власть (vlastʹ) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ люби́ть (ljubítʹ) +‎ -ие (-ije)

Pronunciation

Noun

властолю́бие (vlastoljúbijen inan (genitive властолю́бия, nominative plural властолю́бия, genitive plural властолю́бий)

  1. lust for power, power ambition
    • 1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 3, Часть первая, I”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      Что произвело́ э́то необыча́йное собы́тие? Каки́е бы́ли причи́ны его́? Исто́рики с наи́вной уве́ренностью говоря́т, что причи́нами э́того собы́тия бы́ли оби́да, нанесённая ге́рцогу Ольденбу́ргскому, несоблюде́ние континента́льной систе́мы, властолю́бие Наполео́на, твёрдость Алекса́ндра, оши́бки диплома́тов и т. п.
      Što proizveló éto neobyčájnoje sobýtije? Kakíje býli pričíny jevó? Istóriki s naívnoj uvérennostʹju govorját, što pričínami étovo sobýtija býli obída, nanesjónnaja gércogu Olʹdenbúrgskomu, nesobljudénije kontinentálʹnoj sistémy, vlastoljúbije Napoleóna, tvjórdostʹ Aleksándra, ošíbki diplomátov i t. p.
      What produced this extraordinary occurrence? What were its causes? The historians tell us with naïve assurance that its causes were the wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of Alexander, the mistakes of the diplomatists, and so on.

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