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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary
The ambitious
“We are returning to something like the Communist times, where the ambitious compromise their principles and true independence depends on the character and integrity of individual judges,” said Laczewski.
(The Guardian.)
Does the noun "the ambitious" have a negative connotation in the sentence above?
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Yes. In this example, "ambitious" is synonymous with "greedy", "self-interested", or "unprincipled".
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- In this example, "ambitious" is synonymous with "greedy", "self-interested", or "unprincipled".
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Yes. In this example, "ambitious" is synonymous with "greedy", "self-interested", or "unprincipled".
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