powermonger
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- noun
- /ˈpaʊərˌmʌŋɡər/
- Offensive
:
acaparador de poder
- Everyone in the office knew that the powermonger would stop at nothing to climb the corporate ladder.
Examples
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After the takers, commies, nobamazombies, and powermongers, the government has picked our wealth clean from America's carcass; we will be a savage commie regime.
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Once again, the presidency is the figurehead for the agenda of the shadowy powermongers who have no conscience, no morals, and no hesitation to do whatever needs to be done for them to attain and keep power.
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The corporate powermonger manipulated the board to gain more control over the company.
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He was labeled a powermonger after his aggressive tactics to secure the promotion.
Synonyms
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A person in power who treats others cruelly and unfairly
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A person who wants to be in charge of people and tasks
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A person who wants power very much and thinks they are more important than other people
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A male political leader who keeps power by using force and fear
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A person who uses connections to influence votes or decisions
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A person who scares or threatens others to make them do what they want
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A person who uses threats or force to control people for a political group
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A person or thing that has control over others
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A person who speaks angrily and likes to start political arguments
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A person who thinks they have total control over people or events
How Power-Hungry
- Offensive
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word powermonger joins power and monger, and monger used to mean 'seller' and now often means someone who pushes or trades in something, as in fishmonger or warmonger. So a powermonger is a person who seeks or pushes for power in an aggressive way.