upmanship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of upmanship
First recorded in 1960–65; shortening of one-upmanship
Example Sentences
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Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told the council "we do not ask for meetings for the purpose of upmanship, but to make a contribution to the stabilization of the situation in Kosovo ... and to the peace in the region."
From Fox News
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told the council “we do not ask for meetings for the purpose of upmanship, but to make a contribution to the stabilization of the situation in Kosovo … and to the peace in the region.”
From Seattle Times
Like the hearings about Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged abuse did, it captures the harm and erasure enacted upon women caught in the throes of masculine one upmanship.
From The Guardian
It is a fixture Mourinho really could do with winning, and for reasons that go beyond the usual bruised and resentful one‑upmanship towards his successors in the Stamford Bridge dugout.
From The Guardian
The concept of having social media followers was pioneered by Twitter and fed into a celebrity-obsessed culture where follower-buying was accepted by many high-profile people as part of a relentless game of one upmanship.
From Washington Post
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