lifemanship

[ lahyf-muhn-ship ]
/ ˈlaɪf mənˌʃɪp /

noun

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

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Origin of lifemanship

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

Words nearby lifemanship

lifelike, lifeline, life list, lifelong, lifelong learning, lifemanship, life mask, life net, life of Riley, life of the party, Life on the Mississippi
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