lifemanship

[ lahyf-muhn-ship ]

noun

1. the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
2. the skill or practice of conveying to others a real or apparent sense of one's superiority.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lifemanship¹

First recorded in 1945–50; life + -manship; popularized, especially in sense of lifemanship def 2, by the book Some Notes on Lifemanship (1950) by British author Stephen Potter (1900–69)