"power struggle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power struggles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power struggle (plural power struggles)
  1. A situation where two or more people or groups fight to gain dominance over each other. Related terms: tug of war, showdown Translations (a fight to gain dominance): magtkamp [common-gender] (Danish), machtsstrijd [masculine] (Dutch), valdsstríð (Faroese), valtataistelu (Finnish), bras de fer [masculine] (French), épreuve de force [feminine] (French), lutte pour le pouvoir [feminine] (French), Machtkampf [masculine] (German), hatalmi harc (Hungarian), valdabarátta [feminine] (Icelandic), maktkamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), maktkamp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), walka o władzę [feminine] (Polish), maktkamp [common-gender] (Swedish)
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