emulation
[em-yuh-ley-shuhn]
noun
effort or desire to equal or excel others.
Obsolete. jealous rivalry.
Origin of emulation
Synonyms for emulation
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Related Words for emulation
simulation, impersonation, mimicry, aspiration, ambitiousness, rivalry, envy, competition, aping, mirroringExamples from the Web for emulation
Contemporary Examples of emulation
What's not clear is whether Platt will profit or finally suffer from all the adoration and emulation.
Eliphaz Laki had been someone worthy of emulation: a prominent civil servant, a regional administrator known as a saza chief.
It was very much the same way I believe Obama will seek to lead—partly by instinct and partly by emulation.
Historical Examples of emulation
If possible:—that is, I confess, the object of my emulation.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
There was perfect uniformity, and yet an individual spirit and emulation.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
He had a mind untainted with envy, highly capable of emulation.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Was the boy trying to trick him, in emulation of his elders?
The Heart of Thunder MountainEdfrid A. Bingham
Criticism cannot reach, envy cannot detract from, emulation cannot equal them.
emulation
noun
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