Definition of Ambitiousness

1. Noun. A strong drive for success.

Exact synonyms: Ambition
Generic synonyms: Drive
Specialized synonyms: Aspiration, Power Hunger, Status Seeking
Attributes: Ambitious, Ambitionless, Unambitious
Derivative terms: Ambition, Ambitious, Ambitious

Definition of Ambitiousness

1. n. The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

Definition of Ambitiousness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being ambitious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ambitiousness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambitiousness

ambisonic
ambisonics
ambisyllabicity
ambit
ambit claim
ambition
ambitioned
ambitioning
ambitionist
ambitionists
ambitionless
ambitionlessness
ambitions
ambitious
ambitiously
ambitiousness
ambitiousnesses
ambitransitive
ambitransitivity
ambits
ambitty
ambitus
ambituses
ambivalence
ambivalences
ambivalency
ambivalent
ambivalently
ambiversion
ambiversions

Literary usage of Ambitiousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physiognomy Illustrated; Or, Nature's Revelations of Character: A by Joseph Simms (1889)
"Ambitiousness. THE DESIRE OF DISTINCTION OR PRE-EMINENCE. Thoroughly defined and well-marked features are nature's recorded evidences of a keen aim in life, ..."

2. An Original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart by Joseph Simms (1873)
"Ambitiousness large. Horse. govern by despotic dictation would rouse the mind ... A. To FOSTER, FEED, AND CULTIVATE Ambitiousness :—Read the biographies of ..."

3. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"Ambitiousness in those olden days showed itself in momentary outburst; the ambitiousness of to-day runs riot . Austerity in those days had its sharp angles; ..."

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