one-upmanship
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one-upmanship
- /(ˌ)wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/ UK
- /wənˈəpmənˌʃɪp/ US
Where it comes from
From one-up + -manship, probably modelled after gamesmanship.
noun one-upmanships · one-upsmanship · one-up-manship · oneupmanship
- The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor. They are focused on one-upmanship, which is the essence of a competitive spirit.
- A succession of instances of outdoing a competitor. I think all readers will be impressed by the manner in which Marwick places his own analysis in relation to previous studies both of sorcery and of conflict in general. His punctiliousness here contrasts sharply with the practice of some anthropologists who, in a contest of one-upmanship, score poin
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noun art or practice of outdoing an opponent
| Français | course à l'échalote, surenchère |
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