English Explanatory Dictionary

libido dominandi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The will to power; the desire to dominate; the lust for government.

Word forms

libido dominandi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin libīdō dominandī (“lust for domination”). The term is taken from the first book of Saint Augustine's work De civitate Dei (published in 426).

Synonyms

Wille zur Macht
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