willpower

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• will power

Noun

willpower (uncountable)

1. The unwavering strength of will to carry out one’s wishes.
   • 1900, Grant Allen and Arthur Conan Doyle, Hilda Wade:

     "A remarkable woman, gentlemen," said he, "a very noteworthy woman. I had prided myself that my willpower was the most powerful in the country--I had never met any to match it--but I do not mind admitting that, for firmness and tenacity, this lady is my equal. ...

Translations

strength of will

• Belarusian: сіла волі (be) (síla vóli) f
• Bulgarian: сила на воля (bg) (síla na vólja) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意志力 (cmn) (yìzhìlì), 意志 (cmn) (yìzhì)

• Czech: síla vůle (cs) f
• Danish: viljekraft (da) c, viljestyrke (da) c
• Dutch: wilskracht (nl) m and f
• Estonian: tahtejõud (et)
• Finnish: tahdonvoima (fi)
• French: volonté (fr) f
• German: Willensstärke (de) f
• Greek: θεληματικότητα (el) (thelimatikótita) f, δύναμη θέλησης (el) (dýnami thélisis) f

• Hungarian: akaraterő (hu)
• Japanese: 意志力 (ja) (いしりょく, ishiryoku), 気力 (ja) (きりょく, kiryoku), 意力 (ja) (いりょく, iryoku)
• Korean: 의지력 (ko) (uijiryeok) (意志力 (ko))
• Polish: siła woli (pl) f
• Portuguese: força de vontade (pt) f
• Russian: сила воли (ru) (síla vóli) f
• Slovak: sila vôle (sk) f
• Spanish: fuerza de voluntad (es) f
• Ukrainian: сила волі (uk) (sýla vóli) f

See also

• self-control