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φιλοδοξία
ambition /filoðoˈksia/
nounB2#2783 most common
Also: aspiration, drive to succeed
Example sentences
Η φιλοδοξία μου είναι να μάθω ελληνικά.
My ambition is to learn Greek.
Έχει μεγάλη φιλοδοξία στη δουλειά του.
He has great ambition at his job.
Η φιλοδοξία της είναι να γίνει γιατρός.
Her ambition is to become a doctor.
Οι φιλοδοξίες του δεν έχουν όρια.
His ambitions have no limits.
Η υπερβολική φιλοδοξία μπορεί να καταστρέψει μια καριέρα.
Excessive ambition can destroy a career.
Η αχαλίνωτη φιλοδοξία του τον οδήγησε στην πτώση, καθώς θυσίασε κάθε ηθική αρχή στον βωμό της επιτυχίας.
His unbridled ambition led to his downfall, since he sacrificed every moral principle on the altar of success.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η φιλοδοξία | οι φιλοδοξίες |
| Genitive | της φιλοδοξίας | των φιλοδοξιών |
| Accusative | τη φιλοδοξία | τις φιλοδοξίες |
| Vocative | φιλοδοξία | φιλοδοξίες |
Word family
φιλόδοξοςambitious
φιλοδοξώto aspire, to be ambitious
δόξαglory, fame, opinionένδοξοςglorious, famous
ορθόδοξοςorthodox
Etymology
φιλοδοξία is a compound of φίλος (loving, fond of) and δόξα (opinion, reputation, glory). δόξα comes from the verb δοκέω, to think or to seem. So the word builds ambition out of two older ideas: love, and the regard of others.
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