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Dutch
Etymology
From regeren (“to govern; to rule”) + zucht (“pathological desire”). Cognate with German Regiersucht.
Noun
regeerzucht f (uncountable)
- (derogatory, dated) pathological desire to rule
- De onverzaadelyke regeerzugt van Stilicho en Rusinus, die 't gansche ryk geschud heeft. (Holl. Maatsch. d. Weetensch. 6, p. 217; 1761)
- The insatiable desire to rule of Stilicho and Rusinus that shook the whole empire.
- (derogatory) pathological desire to govern
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