Ambition and Nostalgia

Ambition

Ambition noun - Eager desire for personal advancement.

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

Nearby Words: ambitious, ambit, ambitiously

Nostalgia noun - Longing for something past.

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Ambition and nostalgia are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ambition" instead a noun "Nostalgia".

Nearby Word: nostalgic

old	old ambition	old nostalgia
true	true ambition	true nostalgia
sheer	sheer ambition	sheer nostalgia
simple	simple ambition	simple nostalgia
Other adjectives: real, big, extreme, little, personal.

Howard's Conan the Barbarian story "The Phoenix on the Sword", while Rinaldo views the king Conan deposed with stupid nostalgia, he is not acting out of personal ambition and really thinks he is helping the kingdom.

Source: Anti Villain / Literature

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