Ambition and Inspiration

Ambition

Ambition noun - Eager desire for personal advancement.

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Inspiration and ambition are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inspiration" instead a noun "Ambition".

Nearby Words: ambitious, ambit, ambitiously

Inspiration noun - Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.

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Ambition and inspiration are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ambition" instead a noun "Inspiration".

particular	particular ambition	particular inspiration
common	common ambition	common inspiration
initial	initial ambition	initial inspiration
true	true ambition	true inspiration
Other adjectives: genuine, actual, real, large, big, great, little, main, artistic, ultimate, new, possible, apparent, primary, biggest.

Fiasco ("A game of powerful ambition and poor impulse control") is specifically described as "like making your own Coen Brothers movie", and cites several of their films listed above as inspiration.

Source: Plethora of Mistakes
The radiation of the meteorite affected the passengers of a passing coach (and several animals in the area); their descendants were endowed with unusual strength, intelligence, and ambition, becoming the inspiration for many of the heroes and villains of fiction.

Source: Creator / Philip José Farmer

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