power complex, n.Definitions

The Power complex (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the whole cluster of strivings that seek to subordinate everything — people, circumstances and one's own impulses — to the ego.

The Power complex (n.) belongs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to the man who always comes second; the successful man has the leisure for Freud's desires, the unsuccessful one has room only for Adler's will to succeed.