power struggle

English

Noun

power struggle (plural power struggles)

1. A situation where two or more people or groups fight to gain dominance over each other.

Translations

a fight to gain dominance

• Arabic: صِرَاع عَلَى ٱلسُّلْطَة m (ṣirāʕ ʕalā s-sulṭa)
• Belarusian: барацьба́ за ўла́ду f (baracʹbá za ŭládu)
• Bulgarian: борба́ за власт f (borbá za vlast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 權力鬥爭 / 权力斗争 (zh) (quánlì dòuzhēng)

• Danish: magtkamp c
• Dutch: machtsstrijd (nl) m
• Estonian: võimuvõitlus
• Faroese: valdsstríð
• Finnish: valtataistelu (fi)
• French: bras de fer (fr) m, épreuve de force f, lutte pour le pouvoir f
• German: Machtkampf (de) m
• Hungarian: hatalmi harc
• Icelandic: valdabarátta f
• Japanese: 権力闘争 (けんりょくとうそう, kenryoku tōsō)
• Korean: 권력 투쟁(權力鬪爭) (gwollyeok tujaeng)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maktkamp m

  Nynorsk: maktkamp m

• Polish: walka o władzę f
• Russian: борьба́ за власть f (borʹbá za vlastʹ)
• Swedish: maktkamp (sv) c
• Ukrainian: боротьба́ за вла́ду f (borotʹbá za vládu)

See also

• tug of war
• showdown

Further reading

• “power struggle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “power struggle”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “power struggle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.